London, James Norton, 1604.
Constitutiones sive Canones Ecclesiastici per Episcopum Londinensem.
Rare first edition of James I’s definitive codification of English Canon Law, in force from 1603 to the present day with only minor variation. The Constitutiones spelled out the tenets of Anglican canon law and catalogues ecclesiastical conventions, thus playing an important role in establishing the new Scottish-born king as..... More
