Studies in medieval and reformation traditions ; volume 205
Print version: Hardman, Elizabeth L. Conflicts, confessions, and contracts : diocesan justice in late fifteenth-century Carpentras. Leiden : Brill, [2016] Studies in medieval and reformation traditions ; volume 205 ISBN 9789004310674
Based on author’s thesis (doctoral - Fordham Univeristy, 2010), issued under title: Justice, Jurisdiction and Choice: The Fifteenth-Century Church Courts of Carpentras
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- The accused and the court : confrontations and legal spaces -- "De verbis ad verbera" : wounded honor, interpersonal violence, and exculpatory narratives -- Disciplining the clergy : personal sins and public challenges -- Civil litigation : a space of registration and mediation -- The court as a judicial space : coercion and compliance, sanctioning and sentencing -- Conclusion -- Appendix: transcriptions of select cases.