{"product_id":"rituals-of-prosecution-2","title":"Rituals of Prosecution","description":"\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\n\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 urban residents from humble socio-economic backgrounds, providing new insight into how the prosecution of ordinary people was conducted in the early modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By Jane K. Wickersham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55075342287228,"sku":"9781442665965","price":82.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442665965.jpg?v=1743626423","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/rituals-of-prosecution-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}