Problematic Procedures: Criticism and Reflection of the Decision-Making Practices in the Medieval Inquisition of Heretics (ca. 1230-1330) (B02)

• Subject Area: Medieval History
• Term: from 2015 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 252080619

This project examines the critical discourses surrounding the medieval inquisition which emerged in Italy and France between the 1230s and 1330s and which evolved into a finely-tuned apparatus of decision-making. The project thus asks which aspects of inquisitional decision-making were criticized, reflected and adapted (in certain circumstances) as a result. It can thus be understood as a case study on the institutionalization and transformation of decision-making structures while also investigating the demarcations made between the cultures of religious and legal decision-making that were inextricably intertwined in the inquisition.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1150: Cultures of Decision-Making
• Applicant Institution: Universität Münster
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Sita Steckel