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The first comparative analysis of Catholic inquisitions and Calvinist consistories in the great Christian age of reformation.
List of contents
Introduction Charles H. Parker and Gretchen Starr-LeBeau; Part I. Institutional Contexts and Operations; Section 1. Local Contexts and Regional Variations: 1. Consistories Raymond A. Mentzer; 2. Inquisitions Christopher F. Black; Section 2. Tribunals and Jurisdictions: 3. Consistories Margo Todd; 4. Inquisitions Gretchen Starr-LeBeau and Kimberly Lynn; 5. Consistories and civil authorities Sara Beam; 6. Episcopal courts in Iberia, Italy, and Latin America Edward Behrend-Martínez; 7. Church courts in England Martin Ingram; Section 3. Judges and Shepherds: 8. Consistories William Naphy; 9. Inquisitions Kimberly Lynn; Section 4. Inquisition and Consistory Records: 10. Consistories Christian Grosse, translated by Charles Parker; 11. Inquisitions Kim Siebenhüner, translated by Heidi Bek; Part II. Consistories and Inquisitions in Action; Section 5. Programs of Moral and Religious Reform: 12. Consistories Philippe Chareyre, translated by Charles H. Parker; 13. Inquisitions Doris Moreno Martínez, translated by Gretchen Starr-LeBeau; Section 6. Victims as Actors: 14. Consistories Timothy Fehler; 15. Inquisitions Lu Ann Homza; Section 7. Negotiating Penance: 16. Consistories Karen E. Spierling; 17. Inquisitions John F. Chuchiak, IV; Section 8. Gender on Trial: Attitudes toward Femininity and Masculinity: 18. Consistories Jeffrey Watt; 19. Inquisitions Allyson M. Poska; Part III. Ecclesiastical Discipline's Expanding Reach and Decline: Section 9. Disciplinary Institutions in the Atlantic World: 20. Consistories Mark Meuwese; 21. Inquisitions Allyson Poska; Section 10. Disciplinary Institutions in an Asian Environment: 22. Consistories Hendrik E. Niemeijer; 23. Inquisitions Bruno Feitler; Section 11. The Endgame: The Decline of Institutional Correction: 24. Consistories Jo Spaans; 25. Inquisitions James E. Wadsworth; Conclusion. Reformations of penance and scholarly renascences William Monter; Index.
About the author
Charles H. Parker is a Professor of History at St Louis University, Missouri.Gretchen Starr-LeBeau is an Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Principia College, Illinois.
Summary
The first comparative analysis of Catholic inquisitions and Calvinist consistories from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries, both institutions with critical roles in the social upheaval of the Reformation. This volume offers a new framework for analysing religious reform and social discipline in the early modern world.
