[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch9z19-judicial-reforms-the-quarantaine-le-roi-inquisitors-and-the-end-of-ordeal:es":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":7,"titleEs":6,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","Plena Edad Media","High Middle Ages","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch9","Louis IX (Saint Louis): Regency, Royal Justice and Crusades (1226–1270)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch9z19","Judicial Reforms: the Quarantaine-le-roi, Inquisitors and the End of Ordeal","\u003Cp>Under Louis IX, royal justice underwent a series of transformations that modified the procedures for resolving conflicts. These were less spectacular than military campaigns but had a profound long-term effect.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🗡️ The End of Trial by Combat and Ordeals\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>One of the decisive changes was the progressive abandonment of \u003Cstrong>ordeal\u003C/strong> (God’s judgment, duel, or red-hot iron) as a judicial procedure. The king and his advisers considered that these procedures were archaic and that justice should rest on \u003Cstrong>enquiry, witnesses and documents\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Ordeal by water and fire\u003C/strong> was already formally condemned by the Church at the Fourth Lateran Council (1215). Under Saint Louis, this was also applied more rigidly in royal justice.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🔩 The Quarantaine-le-roi\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The \u003Cstrong>quarantaine-le-roi\u003C/strong> (king’s forty days) was a mechanism that suspended private wars by imposing a forty-day truce after a declaration of hostilities. During this period, the parties were supposed to seek royal justice. The rule was intended to transform blood conflicts into legal disputes.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🔍 Royal Inquisitors\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Louis IX sent \u003Cstrong>royal inquisitors\u003C/strong> (enquêteurs-réformateurs) through the provinces. Their mission: to detect abuses by local officials (provosts, bailiffs), hear complaints, receive depositions and restore what had been unjustly taken. This practice:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>showed a care to maintain justice in the periphery;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>reinforced royal prestige;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>and fed the idea of a king attentive to his subjects.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Points to Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>These reforms changed the culture of conflict resolution: from violence to procedure.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Royal justice extended into the territory through enquêteurs and through the appeal to a higher instance.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"Under Louis IX, royal justice underwent a series of transformations that modified the procedures for resolving conflicts. These were less spectacular than",1777502695438]