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The culture of inquisition in medieval England / edited by Mary C. Flannery and Katie L. Walter.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Westfield medieval studies ; 4.
- Westfield medieval studies, 1752-5659 ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inquisition--England.
- Inquisition.
- Inquisition--Social aspects--England.
- Heresy (Canon law).
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500.
- English literature.
- English literature--Middle English.
- Social aspects.
- England--Civilization--1066-1485.
- England.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 194 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Inquisition in medieval and early modern England has typically been the subject of historical studies that have examined it in the light of heresy. This volume, however, makes it the subject of cultural investigation, revealing the much broader role played by inquisition 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, inquisition 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. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction : imagining inquisition / Mary C. Flannery and Katie L. Walter
- Inquisition, public fame and confession : general rules and English practice / Henry Ansgar Kelly
- The imperatives of Denunciatio : disclosing others' sins to disciplinary authorities / Edwin Craun
- English provincial constitutions and inquisition into Lollardy / Ian Forrest
- The contest over the public imagination of inquisition, 1380-1430 / Diane Vincent
- "Vttirli onknowe"? Modes of inquiry and the dynamics of interiority in vernacular literature / Mary C. Flannery and Katie L. Walter
- From defacement to restoration : inquisition, confession and Thomas Usk's Appeal and Testament of love / Jenny Lee
- Confession, inquisition and exemplarity in The erle of Tolous and other Middle English romances / James Wade
- Heresy inquisition and authorship, 1400-1560 / Genelle Gertz
- Imitating inquisition : dialectical bias in Protestant prison writings / Ruth Ahnert
- Response essay : Chaucer's inquisition / Emily Steiner.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781782040736
- 1782040730
- Publisher Number:
- 99986873795
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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