Savoy’s Ecclesiastical and Secular Justice in 1674

Description

Bound in two parts in one volume, small quarto format (12 ff., 368 & 255 pp. + 2 ff.). Full contemporary calf binding with period defects: worn corners, chipped edges, minor tears at top of four leaves, but interior remarkably well-preserved. First part covers criminal law including heresy, simony, magic, superstitions, and standard offenses with penalties; second part addresses civil law, seigneurial power over serfs, political and ecclesiastical rights.