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Henry Charles Lea
The scholarly career of an eminent American historian, author of the monumental History of the Inquisition.
Henry Charles Lea
This biography offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of one of America's most influential historians. Henry Charles Lea's work on the Inquisition and the history of the Catholic Church helped to shape modern historical scholarship, and his impact is still felt today. This book provides a detailed account of his life and his contributions to the field of history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Henry Charles Lea
Addresses delivered at a joint meeting in honor of Mr. Lea of the American Philosophical Society, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, the Academy of Natural Sciences, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Henry Charles Lea
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Henry Charles Lea
This is a new release of the original 1931 edition.
The Ordeal
Henry Charles Lea was one of the first American historians to use what would later be termed comparative and anthropological approaches to history. Under his pen, the study of the medieval ordeal becomes a study in cultural history. Reprinted here from the fourth revised edition of 1892, the book begins by tracing the role of the ordeal in non-Western and ancient societies, showing the mental world to which it belongs: a limited trust in the public order and purely human methods of inquiry, and a larger faith in divine intervention and immanent justice. The work then describes the uses of the institution through the European Middle Ages to its final abolition, and in the process offers a rich typology of ordeals. Additional documents included in this edition present formulas and descriptions of some of the ordeals most frequently used: the ordeal by boiling water, by hot water, by cold water, by hot iron and water, by glowing plowshares, by fire, and the ordeal of the cross.
