{"product_id":"rituals-of-prosecution-9781442645004","title":"Rituals of Prosecution","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the Counter-Reformation, inquisition manual authors working in Italian lands adapted the Catholic Church’s traditional tactics of inquisitorial procedure, which had been formulated in the medieval period, to the prosecution of philo-Protestants. Through a comparison of the texts of four such authors to contemporary inquisition processes, Jane K. Wickersham situates the Roman inquisition’s prosecution of philo-Protestants within the larger framework of the complex religious upheavals of the sixteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdentifying the critical role played by ritual practice in discovering and prosecuting heretical subjects, Wickersham uncovers two core reasons for its use: first, as a practical means of prosecuting a variety of philo-Protestant beliefs, and second, as an approach firmly grounded within the Catholic Church’s history of prosecuting heresy. Finally, \u003cem\u003eRituals of Prosecution\u003c\/em\u003e provides an in-depth examination of the inquisitorial processes of ur\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187499917655,"sku":"9781442645004","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rituals-of-prosecution-9781442645004","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}