Voices from the Bench: The Narratives of Lesser Folk in Medieval Trials

Voices from the Bench is a collection of microhistorical essays written by an internationally-known group of scholars specializing in medieval and early modern social history, covering Europe and Mesoamerica. Each essay focuses on formerly anonymous folk by providing a microhistorical portrait drawn from such judicial sources as canonization hearings, the trials of the Inquisition, chancery, criminal, royal, municipal and other courts. Women, Jews,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403966915
• ISBN13: 9781403966919
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 8.5"