Criminal-inquisitorial Trials in English Church Courts

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Criminal-inquisitorial Trials in English Church Courts is written by Henry Ansgar Kelly and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0813237386 (ISBN 10) and 9780813237381 (ISBN 13).

"In this book, Henry Ansgar Kelly, a noted forensic historian, describes the reception and application of inquisition in England from the thirteenth century onwards and analyzes all levels of trial proceedings, both minor and major, from accusations of sexual offenses and cheating on tithes to matters of religious dissent. He covers the trials of the Knights Templar early in the fourteenth century and the prosecutions of followers of John Wyclif at the end of the century. He details how the alleged crimes of "criminous clerics" were handled, and demonstrates that the judicial actions concerning Henry VIII's marriages were inquisitions in which the king himself and his queens were defendants"--