Table of Contents

Introduction Charles H. Parker and Gretchen Starr-LeBeau; Part I. Institutional Contexts and Operations; Section 1. Local Contexts and Regional Variations: 1. Consistories Raymond A. Mentzer; 2. Inquisitions Christopher F. Black; Section 2. Tribunals and Jurisdictions: 3. Consistories Margo Todd; 4. Inquisitions Gretchen Starr-LeBeau and Kimberly Lynn; 5. Consistories and civil authorities Sara Beam; 6. Episcopal courts in Iberia, Italy, and Latin America Edward Behrend-Martínez; 7. Church courts in England Martin Ingram; Section 3. Judges and Shepherds: 8. Consistories William Naphy; 9. Inquisitions Kimberly Lynn; Section 4. Inquisition and Consistory Records: 10. Consistories Christian Grosse, translated by Charles Parker; 11. Inquisitions Kim Siebenhüner, translated by Heidi Bek; Part II. Consistories and Inquisitions in Action; Section 5. Programs of Moral and Religious Reform: 12. Consistories Philippe Chareyre, translated by Charles H. Parker; 13. Inquisitions Doris Moreno Martínez, translated by Gretchen Starr-LeBeau; Section 6. Victims as Actors: 14. Consistories Timothy Fehler; 15. Inquisitions Lu Ann Homza; Section 7. Negotiating Penance: 16. Consistories Karen E. Spierling; 17. Inquisitions John F. Chuchiak, IV; Section 8. Gender on Trial: Attitudes toward Femininity and Masculinity: 18. Consistories Jeffrey Watt; 19. Inquisitions Allyson M. Poska; Part III. Ecclesiastical Discipline's Expanding Reach and Decline: Section 9. Disciplinary Institutions in the Atlantic World: 20. Consistories Mark Meuwese; 21. Inquisitions Allyson Poska; Section 10. Disciplinary Institutions in an Asian Environment: 22. Consistories Hendrik E. Niemeijer; 23. Inquisitions Bruno Feitler; Section 11. The Endgame: The Decline of Institutional Correction: 24. Consistories Jo Spaans; 25. Inquisitions James E. Wadsworth; Conclusion. Reformations of penance and scholarly renascences William Monter; Index.

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The first comparative analysis of Catholic inquisitions and Calvinist consistories in the great Christian age of reformation.

About the Author

Charles H. Parker is a Professor of History at St Louis University, Missouri. Gretchen Starr-LeBeau is an Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Principia College, Illinois.