History Of The Inquisition Vol 1

Author : Henry Charles Lea
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331804949
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Henry Charles Lea and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages, Vol. 2 of 3 Pierre Cella, Guillem Arnaud, Arnaud Catala, Ferrer the Catalan, Pons de saint-gilles, Pons de l'esparre, and Bernard de Caux, beard ed prince and prelate, were as ready to endure as merciless to inflict, were veritable Maccabees in the internecine strife with heresy, and yet were kind and pitiful to the miserable and overflowing with tears in their prayers and discourses. They were the culminating development of the influences which produced the Church Militant of the Middle Ages, and in their hands the Inquisition was the most effective instrument whereby it maintained its supremacy. A secondary result was the complete subjugation of the South to the King of Paris, and its unification with the rest Of France. If the faithful had imagined that the Treaty of 1229 had end ed the contest with heresy they were quickly undeceived. The blood-money for the capture of heretics, promised by Count Ray mond, was indeed paid when earned, for the Inquisition undertook to see that this was done, but the earning of it was dangerous. Nobles and burghers alike protected and defended the proscribed class, and those who hunted them were Slain without mercy when occasion offered. The heretics continued as numerous as ever, and we have already seen the fruitless efforts put forth by the Cardinal Legate Romano and the Council of Toulouse. Even the university which Raymond bound himself to establish in Toulouse for the propagation Of the faith, though it subsequently performed its work, was at first a failure. Learned theologians were brought from Paris to fill its chairs, but their scholastic Subtleties were laughed at by the mocking Southrons as absurd novelties, and the heretics were bold enough to contend with them in debate. After a few years Raymond neglected to continue the stipends, and for a time the universitv was suspended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.