
Rituals of Prosecution
The Roman Inquisition and the Prosecution of Philo-Protestants in Sixteenth-Century Italy
Jane K. Wickersham(Author)
University of Toronto Press
Published on 17. September 2012
Book
Hardback
440 pages
978-1-4426-4500-4 (ISBN)
Description
During the Counter-Reformation, inquisition manual authors working in Italian lands adapted the Catholic Church's traditional tactics of inquisitorial procedure, which had been formulated in the medieval period, to the prosecution of philo-Protestants. Through a comparison of the texts of four such authors to contemporary inquisition processes, Jane K. Wickersham situates the Roman inquisition's prosecution of philo-Protestants within the larger framework of the complex religious upheavals of the sixteenth century.
Identifying the critical role played by ritual practice in discovering and prosecuting heretical subjects, Wickersham uncovers two core reasons for its use: first, as a practical means of prosecuting a variety of philo-Protestant beliefs, and second, as an approach firmly grounded within the Catholic Church's history of prosecuting heresy. Finally, Rituals of Prosecution provides an in-depth examination of the inquisitorial processes of urban residents from humble socio-economic backgrounds, providing new insight into how the prosecution of ordinary people was conducted in the early modern era.
Identifying the critical role played by ritual practice in discovering and prosecuting heretical subjects, Wickersham uncovers two core reasons for its use: first, as a practical means of prosecuting a variety of philo-Protestant beliefs, and second, as an approach firmly grounded within the Catholic Church's history of prosecuting heresy. Finally, Rituals of Prosecution provides an in-depth examination of the inquisitorial processes of urban residents from humble socio-economic backgrounds, providing new insight into how the prosecution of ordinary people was conducted in the early modern era.
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English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-4500-4 (9781442645004)
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The Roman Inquisition and the Prosecution of Philo-Protestants in Sixteenth-Century Italy
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Jane K. Wickersham is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Oklahoma.