The Grand Inquisitor, a Bishop and the Maid: Joan of Arc's Nullification Trial and the Reform of Inquisition

by Jane Marie Pinzino

This work traces Enlightenment principles concerning the rights of individuals to obey the dictates of their conscience to an unlikely source: Jean Brehal, a 15th century Dominican friar and Grand Inquisitor of France appointed by Rome to conduct the nullification of Joan of Arc's heresy conviction."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403962987
• ISBN13: 9781403962980
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 288 Pages