medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture The borrowings would not just be from inquisitorial practice but from the larger canon law concerning evidence. As far as I recall, there is material on this in: * Canonizzazioni e culto dei santi nella "christianitas" (1198-1302).* // *Author:* Paciocco, Roberto * *Assisi : Porziuncola, 2006 Tom Izbicki Dale Hample wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > I'd certainly like to see, or at least have citations to, this work. > I have some interest in inquisitorial manuals and it would be > interesting to compare the questioning tactics. I suppose they'd be > quite different: inquisitors already knew (or at least thought they > knew) the factual answers before they began the process, but I imagine > that those interrogating miracle reports would be closer to testing an > open hypothesis. > > Dale Hample > > GarceauM wrote: >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >> culture >> >> Susan, >> >> This actually ties in nicely with research I'm doing on Catalan miracles >> from the 13th and 14th centuries. I have quite a bit about recording >> the >> miracles (who, where, how, etc) including a question list; an early >> example >> of such a list has been published in Dominic de Guzman's canonization >> proceedings. My current research is looking at how the various sides >> (investigator, notary, and witness) sought/accepted proof. I'd be >> happy to >> discuss more of this with you off list; I'm not sure how interested >> the list >> would be in the details (some of which are under review for >> publication). >> >> As for the second question, from the stories I have seen, the >> distinction is >> less which part of the body they are discussing, but rather the >> extent of >> the problem. In general, contracti seem to be more severely >> hampered. That >> said, I've found that most of the terms the Catalans and their >> investigators >> used are quite fluid. That holds with the survey work I've done/read >> outside of Catalunya. >> >> Michelle >> >> >> > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html