Microfilms of volumes 21-37 of the Doat collection. Most of the material is in the form of transcripts of Inquisitions' records of the 13th and 14th centuries. Doat volumes 21-6, and part of 31 contain interrogations and penances from the mid-13th century: vols. 21-2, 24-5 for the diocese of Toulouse; 23, 26 and 31 for the diocese of Carcassonne. Doat volumes 27-8 contain later penances from Carcassonne. Doat volumes 29-37 contain further documents concerning Inquisition procedures, sentences, seizure of goods from heretics and related legal proceedings: volumes 36-7 relate to the diocese of Carcassone.
Microfilms of the Doat Collection
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Film 1692-1708
- Dates of Creation
- 20th century (copies of 13th-14th century originals)
- Language of Material
- French.
- Physical Description
- 17 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Doat collection in the Bibliothque Nationale, Paris, relates to a survey of the rights of the French crown in southern France, late 17th century.
Access Information
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
Acquisition Information
The microfilms were bought by the Library in 1985.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
A full description is available in the Library.
Additional Information
The originals are located in the Bibliothque Nationale, Paris (Doat vols. 21-37).