Background
Monter, E. William was born on September 22, 1936 in Cincinnati. Son of Edward W. and Florence S. Monter.
(Frontiers of Heresy is among the first major English-lang...)
Frontiers of Heresy is among the first major English-language contributions to the history of the Spanish Inquisition since Henry Charles Lea completed his classic curvey eighty years ago. Focusing on the lands beyond Castile, Professor Monter analyzes the activities of the Holy Office during an 'Aragonese Century' (1530-1630) when these frontier tribunals were its most active elements. This 'other' Spanish Inquisition virtually ignored converted Jews and their descendants, but brutally harassed Moriscos and immigrant workers from France; it executed nearly as many people for sodomy as for heresy. Despite opposition from local elites, the Inquisition performed many services for the king, sending thousands of heretics to the galleys and even capturing horse-smugglers along the Pyrenees. Frontiers of Heresy is based upon an immense variety of archival sources, and represents a significant reappraisal of one of the most important yet misunderstood institutions of early modern Europe.
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( This original look at the French Reformation pits immo...)
This original look at the French Reformation pits immovable object--the French appellate courts or parlements--against irresistible force--the most dynamic forms of the Protestant Reformation. Without the slightest hesitation, the high courts of Renaissance France opposed these religious innovators. By 1540, the French monarchy had largely removed the prosecution of heresy from ecclesiastical courts and handed it to the parlements. Heresy trials and executions escalated dramatically. But within twenty years, the irresistible force had overcome the immovable object: the prosecution of Protestant heresy, by then unworkable, was abandoned by French appellate courts. Until now no one has investigated systematically the judicial history of the French Reformation. William Monter has examined the myriad encounters between Protestants and judges in French parlements, extracting information from abundant but unindexed registers of official criminal decisions both in Paris and in provincial capitals, and identifying more than 425 prisoners condemned to death for heresy by French courts between 1523 and 1560. He notes the ways in which Protestants resisted the French judicial system even before the religious wars, and sets their story within the context of heresy prosecutions elsewhere in Reformation Europe, and within the long-term history of French criminal justice.
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(Situé aux frontières linguistique et politique entre la F...)
Situé aux frontières linguistique et politique entre la France et le Saint-Empire, l'état tampon de la Lorraine a maintenu une neutralité précaire depuis la défaite de Charles le téméraire en 1477 jusqu'à la Guerre de Trente Ans. Entravée par le cardinal de Richelieu pendant les années 1630, l'autonomie politique de la Lorraine ne fut perdue qu'un siècle plus tard et le dernier duc de Lorraine se réfugia chez les Habsbourg. A Bewitched Duchy est la première histoire de Lorraine en langue anglaise.
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Monter, E. William was born on September 22, 1936 in Cincinnati. Son of Edward W. and Florence S. Monter.
Bachelor, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1963.
Professor of history Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1972—2002, professor emeritus, since 2002. Secretary, program on cultural exchange in Europe, 1400-1700 European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, 1997—2004. Consultant 2000 papal jubilee Office of Papal Theologian, Vatican City, 1998.
Member editorial board Encyclopedia of Witchcraft ABC-Clio Public, Santa Barbara, California, since 1999. Visiting professor history University Chicago, 2005—2006.
(Situé aux frontières linguistique et politique entre la F...)
( This original look at the French Reformation pits immo...)
(Frontiers of Heresy is among the first major English-lang...)
(Occult, Euro Studies)
(Book by Monter, E. William)
Member of American History Association (committee on committees 1984-1987), American Society for Reformation Research (president 1980), Society d'Histoire de Genève (correspondent).
Married Barbara Heldt, June 18, 1963 (divorced August 2, 1976). Children: Andrea, Gustav C. Heldt, Elizabeth A. Heldt(deceased). Married Rosellen E. Engstrom, July 22, 1978.