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Author Forrest, Ian, 1975-

Title The detection of heresy in late medieval England / Ian Forrest
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 277 pages)
Series Oxford historical monographs
Oxford historical monographs.
Contents 1. Questions of knowledge and ignorance -- 2. The investigation of heresy -- 3. The techniques of detection -- 4. Statutes and the circulation of knowledge -- 5. The channels of propaganda -- 6. The content of propaganda -- 7. Reporting heresy -- 8. The social contours of heresy detection
Summary Heresy was the most feared crime in the medieval moral universe. By examining the drafting, publicizing, and implementing of new laws against heresy in the 14th and 15th centuries, this text presents a general study of inquisition in medieval England
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-261) and index
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Subject Heresy -- History
Criminal investigation -- England -- History
Lollards -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England -- History
TRUE CRIME -- General.
Criminal investigation
Heresy
Lollarden
Verfolgung
Inquisition
England
England
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781429430845
1429430842
0199286922
9780199286928
9780191536878
0191536873