1) Choose a research topic from the list provided
2) Formulate a research question and working thesis
– Include sub-arguments insofar as is possible
– Think about, via topic, what Inquisition reveals about its historical context and vice versa
3) Locate at least two primary sources and five secondary sources
Research topics:
– Roots of the Inquisition
– An inquisition and its target (Catharism, witchcraft, Joan of Arc, Conversos, etc.)
– An inquisitor (Jacques Fournier, Tomas de Torquemada, etc.)
– Methods and methodology of torture
– Inquisition and spectacle
– The Inquisition in literature
– Women and the Inquisition
– The Inquisition and the Reformation
– The Inquisition in imperialism
– The Inquisition in Enlightenment/modern thought
– Other?
Research paper (Due in class and online on 26 November) (35%):
– 12pp, double-spaced
– Chicago-style citations, footnotes rather than endnotes; title page and bibliography
– Formal, academic, well-edited writing
– Thesis statement, sub-arguments, coherent and logical
– Based on your graded proposal (submit marked copy with research paper)