One punishment handed down by this body was detailed in a work entitled The Work of the Beast.
One punishment handed down by this body was detailed in a work entitled The Work of the Beast. The author of that work was John Lilburne, who was punished after refusing to answer when this body asked him what his plea was. Following its actions against Lilburne and William Prynne, this body was abolished by the Long Parliament in the Habeus Corpus Act. Although it existed as early as 1398, it was dramatically expanded by Henry VII, who used it for cases against the aristocracy and judges. This body, which was not allowed to inflict the death penalty, was named for the painting on its ceiling and was used by Henry VIII, although it is most associated with Charles I, when Archbishop Laud persecuted Puritans through it, and its abuses gave rise to the modern conception of due process. For 10 points, name this British court that tortured and administered extrajudicial punishment to dissenters in the 16th and 17th centuries.
One punishment handed down by this body was detailed in a work entitled The Work of the Beast.
{Star Chamber} [accept {Camera stellata}, prompt on “{Star} court” and other equivalents]