Judging the French Reformation - Heresy Trials by Sixteenth-century Parlements

within the long-term history of French criminal justice.

About the author

William Monter is Professor of History, Northwestern University. He is the author of numerous works on Calvin’s Geneva, witchcraft, and the Spanish Inquisition, including Frontiers of Heresy: The Spanish Inquisition from the Basque Lands to Sicily.

Summary

Monter notes the ways in which Protestants resisted the French judicial system even before the religious wars, and sets their story within the context of heresy prosecutions elsewhere in Reformation Europe, and within the long-term history of French criminal justice.

Product details

• Authors: E. William Monter, William Monter
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.09.1999
• EAN: 9780674488601
• ISBN: 978-0-674-48860-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Weight: 617 g
• Illustrations: 1 map, 6 tables tables
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories