Inquisitions and other trial procedures in the Medieval West / Henry Ansgar Kelly.

Alderston (Hants) : Ashgate, 2001.

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Inquisition -- Europe -- History.

Criminal procedure -- History.

Law -- Europe -- History.

I. Inquisition and the prosecution of heresy: misconceptions and abuses

II. Inquisitorial due process and the status of secret crimes

III. The Right to remain silent: before and after Joan of Arc

IV. Joan of Arc's last trial: the attack of the devil's advocates

V. Trial procedures against Wyclif and Wycliffites in England and at the Council of Constance

VI. Lollard inquisitions: due and undue process

VII. English kings and the fear of sorcery

VIII. The Case against Edward IV's marriage and offspring: secrecy; witchcraft; secrecy; precontract

IX. Statutes of rapes and alleged ravishers of wives: a context for the charges against Thomas Malory, Knight

X. Meanings and uses of Raptus in Chaucer's time

Addenda and corrigenda. Introduction

I Inquisition and the prosecution of heresy: misconceptions and abuses

II Inquisitorial due process and the status of secret crimes

III The right to remain silent: before and after Joan of Arc

IV Joan of Arc's last trial: the attack of the devil's advocates

V Trial procedures against Wyclif and Wycliffites in England and at the council of Constance

VI Lollard inquisitions: due and undue process

VII English kings and the fear of sorcery

VIII The case against Edward IV's marriage and offspring: secrecy; Witchcraft; secrecy: precontract

IX Statutes of rapes an alleged ravishers of wives: a context for the charges against Thomas Malory, Knight

X Meanings and uses of raptus in Chaucer's time.

Includes index.

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xxvi, 354 p.