Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 194 pages)
ISBN:
9781782040736
Series Statement:
Westfield medieval studies 4
Content:
Inquisition in medieval and early modern England has typically been the subject of historical rather than cultural investigation, and focussed on heresy. Here, however, inquisition is revealed as playing a broader role in medieval English culture, not only in relation to sanctions like excommunication, penance and confession, but also in the fields of exemplarity, rhetoric and poetry. Beyond its specific legal and pastoral applications, 'inquisitio' was a dialogic mode of inquiry, a means of discerning, producing or rewriting truth, and an often adversarial form of invention and literary authority. The essays in this volume cover such topics as the theory and practice of canon law, heresy and its prosecution, Middle English pastoralia, political writing and romance. As a result, the collection redefines the nature of inquisition's role within both medieval law and culture, and demonstrates the extent to which it penetrated the late-medieval consciousness, shaping public fame and private selves, sexuality and gender, rhetoric, and literature. Mary C. Flannery is a lecturer in English at the University of Lausanne; Katie L. Walter is a lecturer in English at the University of Sussex. Contributors: Mary C. Flannery, Katie L. Walter, Henry Ansgar Kelly, Edwin Craun, Ian Forrest, Diane Vincent, Jenny Lee, James Wade, Genelle Gertz, Ruth Ahnert, Emily Steiner.
Note:
Introduction : imagining inquisition
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Inquisition, public fame and confession : general rules and English practice
,
The imperatives of Denunciatio : disclosing others' sins to disciplinary authorities
,
English provincial constitutions and inquisition into Lollardy
,
The contest over the public imagination of inquisition, 1380-1430
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"Vttirli onknowe"? Modes of inquiry and the dynamics of interiority in vernacular literature
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From defacement to restoration : inquisition, confession and Thomas Usk's Appeal and Testament of love
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Confession, inquisition and exemplarity in The erle of Tolous and other Middle English romances
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Heresy inquisition and authorship, 1400-1560
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Imitating inquisition : dialectical bias in Protestant prison writings
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Response essay : Chaucer's inquisition
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781843843368
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The culture of inquisition in medieval England Cambridge : Brewer, 2013 ISBN 1843843366
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781843843368
Language:
English
Keywords:
England
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Häresie
;
Inquisition
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Gesellschaft
;
Literatur
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Geschichte 1100-1600
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