Inquisitions and Other Trial Procedures in the Medieval West

ISBN-13: 9780860788393 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 382 str.

H. a. Kelly

Opis

The essays in this collection deal with a form of criminal prosecution developed by Pope Innocent III and perfected at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215. They aim to throw light on how procedural jurisprudence developed and provide a background for study of present-day concerns about due process.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Inquisition and the prosecution of heresy: misconceptions and abuses; Inquisitorial due process and the status of secret crimes; The right to remain silent: before and after Joan of Arc; Joan of Arc's last trial: the attack of the devil's advocates; Trial procedures against Wyclif and Wycliffites in England and at the Council of Constance; Lollard inquisitions: due and undue process; English kings and the fear of sorcery; The case against Edward IV's marriage and offspring: secrecy; Witchcraft; Secrecy; Precontract; Statutes of rapes and alleged ravishers of wives: a context for the charges against Thomas Malory, knight; Meanings and uses of raptus in Chaucer's time; Index.

O autorze

H.A. Kelly