Présentation de l'éditeur
A history of the Inquisition in the Middle Ages with active table of contents, including the following topics:
Growth of Intolerance in the Early Church
Persecution Commences under Constantine
The Church Adopts the Death-penalty for Heresy
Duty of the Ruler to Suppress Heresy
Decline of Persecuting Spirit under the Barbarians
Hesitation to Punish in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Uncertainty as to Form of Punishment
Burning Alive Adopted in the Thirteenth Century
Evasion of Responsibility by the Church
The Temporal Authority Coerced to Persecute
Persecution of the Dead
Motives Impelling to Persecution
Cruelty of the Middle Ages
Exaggerated Detestation of Heresy
Influence of Asceticism
Conscientious Motives
Growth of Intolerance in the Early Church
Persecution Commences under Constantine
The Church Adopts the Death-penalty for Heresy
Duty of the Ruler to Suppress Heresy
Decline of Persecuting Spirit under the Barbarians
Hesitation to Punish in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Uncertainty as to Form of Punishment
Burning Alive Adopted in the Thirteenth Century
Evasion of Responsibility by the Church
The Temporal Authority Coerced to Persecute
Persecution of the Dead
Motives Impelling to Persecution
Cruelty of the Middle Ages
Exaggerated Detestation of Heresy
Influence of Asceticism
Conscientious Motives
