Superstition and Force Essays on the Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal, Torture
CHAPTER VI.
REAPPEARANCE OF TORTURE.
Influence of the Roman law 479 Torture first appears in Latin kingdom of Jerusalem 480 It is revived in Italy in the thirteenth century 481 Influence of the Inquisition 483 First appearance of torture in France, in 1254 487 Its gradual introduction—1283 to 1319 491 Resistance of the nobles in 1315 494 Permanently established in opposition to Feudalism 497 Examples of procedure in the Châtelet of Paris, 1389-1392 500 Introduction in Germany 505 in Italy 506 in Hungary—Poland—Russia 508 in the ecclesiastical courts 510