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Judging the French Reformation

Heresy Trials by Sixteenth-Century Parlements

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ISBN 9780674488601

Publication Date: 09/10/1999

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336 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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  • List of Tables*
  • Introduction
  • 1. Criminal Justice in Sixteenth-Century France
  • 2. Heresy Trials in Reformation Europe
  • 3. Parlementary Initiatives and Public Scandals, 1523–1539
  • 4. Royal Escalation and the Crisis of Nicodemism, 1540–1548
  • 5. The Limits of Prosecution and the Challenge of Geneva, 1549–1554
  • 6. From Confessionalization to Decriminalization, 1555–1560
  • 7. Martyrology and Jurisprudence
  • 8. From Heresy to Sedition: The Eclipse of Parlements, 1560–1590
  • Retrospective
  • Map: Locations of French heresy executions, 1523–1560
  • Appendix: Heresy Executions Ordered in Frnace, 1523–1560
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index
  • * Tables
    • 1. Burnings for “enormous” crimes at Rouen, 1550s–1590s
    • 2. Heresy executions in Europe, 1525–1564
    • 3. Heresy cases at Paris Parlement, 1540–1544
    • 4. Paris and Toulouse heresy cases, 1545–1554
    • 5. Crespin and French heresy executions, 1540–1559
    • 6. Amendes honorables for heresy, Paris and Toulouse, 1540–1559

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