Chapter I: Front Matter

THE MEDIEVAL INQUISITION

THE MEDIEVAL INQUISITION

A STUDY IN RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION

BY
CHARLES T. GORHAM,
_Author of “The Spanish Inquisition,” etc._

ISSUED FOR THE NATIONALIST ASSOCIATION, LIMITED

LONDON:
WATTS & CO.,
17 JOHNSON’S COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.4
1918

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

THE MORAL CONDITION OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH

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Simony 7

Clerical Celibacy 12

CHAPTER II

A CRUSADE AGAINST CHRISTIANS

Religious Persecution 27

CHAPTER III

THE FOUNDING, CONSTITUTION, AND PRACTICE OF THE INQUISITION

The Inquisitorial Method 37

Evidence 39

The Defence 41

Sentence 42

Confiscation 45

Relaxation and the Stake 47

CHAPTER IV

HOW THE INQUISITION OVERRAN EUROPE

The South of France 49

Northern France 54

Aragon and Castile 57

Italy 58

Bosnia 63

Germany 64

Bohemia 68

The Netherlands 70

The Spiritual Franciscans 78

CHAPTER V

MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES

Political Heresy 82

The Templars 83

Joan of Arc 85

Sorcery and Magic 86

Intellect and Faith 94

Censorship of Books 97

The Greek Church 98

Indulgences and Simony 99

CHAPTER VI

THE GENTLE ART OF WHITEWASHING

Bibliography 121

THE MEDIEVAL INQUISITION