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Author Sherman, Caroline R., 1976- author

Title The uses of the dead : the early modern development of Cy-près doctrine / Caroline R. Sherman
Published Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 461 pages)
Series Studies in medieval and early modern canon law ; Volume 16
Studies in medieval and early modern canon law ; v. 16
Contents Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Posthumous Gifts and the Soul; 2. Patronage Rights and Consensus in Medieval Gift Culture; 3. Use in the Ius Commune; 4. Humanist Influences; 5. Gifts in the Continental Reformations; 6. Charitable Uses in the English Reformation; 7. A Doctrine Is Born; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 1, 2018)
Subject Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations.
Cy pres doctrine -- History
Wills.
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Cy pres doctrine
Wills
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813229515
0813229510