1st Edition
Inquisitions and Other Trial Procedures in the Medieval West
By H.A. Kelly
Copyright 2001
382 Pages
by
Routledge
382 Pages
by
Routledge
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'Inquisition' was the new form of criminal procedure that was developed by the lawyer-pope Innocent III and given definitive form at the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215. It has since developed a notoriety which has obscured the reality of the procedure, and it is this that Professor Kelly is first concerned with here. In contrast to the old Roman system of relying on a volunteer... Read more
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.
Biography
H.A. Kelly
