Policy for the Masses - A legal history podcast
An analysis of some of the oldest laws in the UK, why were they made, what is their history and what can we learn.
Policy for the Masses - A legal history podcast
The Statute of Bigamy - 1276
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Season 1
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Episode 9
When is Bigamy not Bigamy, when it is Canonical Bigamy.
The year is 1276 and Pope Gregory X has some ideas about how Canonical Bigamy should be treated in ecclesiastical court. Possibly the earliest example of a law from Europe being passed in England (if you exclude the whole Norman invasion and its aftermath).
Links
YES AND NO: LATE MEDIEVAL DISPENSATIONS FROM CANONICAL BIGAMY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE - Link
Special thanks to Purple Planet for the intro and outro track which was Sunbeam - Link