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In medieval England, a defendant who refused to plead to a criminal indictment was sentenced to peine forte et dure - pressing with weights. Using this punishment as a lens…
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Using the coroner’s inquest as a lens, this book offers a fresh perspective on the process of death investigation in medieval England. By studying cause of death in the coroners’…
Divorce, as we think of it today, is usually considered to be a modern invention. This book challenges that viewpoint, documenting the many and varied uses of divorce in the…
A series of studies in metaphysics, historical theology, moral theology, and political philosophy, Divine Promise and Human Freedom in Contemporary Catholic Thought offers the insights of separate analyses employing distinctive…
