Torture / / Henry Charles Lea.

Originally published as part IV of Lea's Superstition and Force, this volume is one of the most succinct accounts in English of the place of torture in the legal process from the Roman Empire to the nineteenth century.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
Series:The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction --
I. Torture in Egypt and Asia --
II. Greece and Rome --
III. The Barbarians --
IV. The Goths and Spain --
V. Carlovingian and Feudal Law --
VI. Reappearance of Torture --
VII. The Inquisitorial Process --
VIII. Final Shape of the Torture System --
IX. England and the Torture System --
X. Decline of the Torture System --
Appendix: Sources in Translation
Summary:Originally published as part IV of Lea's Superstition and Force, this volume is one of the most succinct accounts in English of the place of torture in the legal process from the Roman Empire to the nineteenth century.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781512803587
9783110442526
DOI:10.9783/9781512803587
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Henry Charles Lea.