The Medieval Inquisition
by Charles T. Gorham
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About this eBook
- Author
- Gorham, Charles T. (Charles Turner), 1856-1933
- Title
- The medieval Inquisition: A study in religious persecution
- Original Publication
- United Kingdom: Watts & Co,1918.
- Credits
- Brian Coe, The book cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements
- Subject
- Inquisition
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 69851
- Release Date
- January 21, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE MEDIEVAL INQUISITION
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.CHAPTER I THE MORAL CONDITION OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH — Simony. — Clerical Celibacy.
- 4.CHAPTER II A CRUSADE AGAINST CHRISTIANS — Religious Persecution.
- 5.CHAPTER III THE FOUNDING, CONSTITUTION, AND PRACTICE OF THE INQUISITION — The Inquisitorial Method. — Evidence. — The Defence. — Sentence. — Confiscation. — Relaxation and the Stake.
- 6.CHAPTER IV HOW THE INQUISITION OVERRAN EUROPE — The South of France. — Northern France. — Aragon and Castile. — Italy. — Bosnia. — Germany. — Bohemia. — The Netherlands. — The Spiritual Franciscans.
- 7.CHAPTER V MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES — Political Heresy. — The Templars. — Joan of Arc. — Sorcery and Magic. — Intellect and Faith. — Censorship of Books. — The Greek Church. — Indulgences and Simony.
- 8.CHAPTER VI THE GENTLE ART OF WHITEWASHING
- 9.BIBLIOGRAPHY
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