Description
For the past five hundred years, the specter of the Inquisition has haunted the Western imagination. In a superb interpretive history, Peters traces the origins and development of inquisitorial procedure from its secular roots in ancient Roman law to its most famous incarnation in the fiery punishments of the Spanish Inquisition.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
362 pages
Language
English
Published
Apr 11, 1988
Publisher
Free Press
Editions
2 editions
ISBN-10
0029249805
ISBN-13
9780029249802