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- catalog abstract "This book, published as part four of Henry Charles Lea's 'Superstition and Force', 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. His study suggest that torture occupied a far more complex place in the legal sociology of the period between the third and the eighteenth centuries and the revival of torture in the twentieth century raises once again the question of torture's true place in the realms of law. Lea's wide scholarship and meticulous respect for original sources make this study one of the most reliable accounts of the history of torture available in English. -- Publisher description.".
- catalog alternative "Superstition and force. pt. 4. Torture".
- catalog contributor b7481630.
- catalog created "[1973]".
- catalog date "1973".
- catalog date "[1973]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1973]".
- catalog description "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 northern races -- X. Decline of the torture system.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "This book, published as part four of Henry Charles Lea's 'Superstition and Force', 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. His study suggest that torture occupied a far more complex place in the legal sociology of the period between the third and the eighteenth centuries and the revival of torture in the twentieth century raises once again the question of torture's true place in the realms of law. Lea's wide scholarship and meticulous respect for original sources make this study one of the most reliable accounts of the history of torture available in English. -- Publisher description.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 209 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Torture.".
- catalog identifier "081221062X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Torture.".
- catalog isPartOf "Sources of medieval history".
- catalog issued "1973".
- catalog issued "[1973]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press".
- catalog relation "Torture.".
- catalog subject "345.05".
- catalog subject "LAW".
- catalog subject "Law, Medieval.".
- catalog subject "Torture History.".
- catalog subject "Torture.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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 northern races -- X. Decline of the torture system.".
- catalog title "Superstition and force. pt. 4. Torture".
- catalog title "Torture. Introd. by Edward Peters.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".