Project Gutenberg 2012-04-16 Public domain in the USA. 243 Lea, Henry Charles 1825 1909 Lea, H. C. (Henry Charles) A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume II Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at DP Europe (http://dp.rastko.net); produced from images of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr "A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; Volume II" by Henry Charles Lea is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This volume delves into the establishment and operations of the Inquisition during the Middle Ages, particularly focusing on its impact in regions such as Languedoc and France, as well as exploring its interactions with political powers and endemic heresy. The book examines the complex relationships between church authorities, local lords, and the populace as the Inquisition sought to root out heresy. The opening of the volume sets the stage for the challenges faced by the early inquisitors in Languedoc, where they confronted a fierce societal attachment to heretical beliefs like Catharism. The text describes the political landscape shaped by Count Raymond of Toulouse, the popular resistance to the ecclesiastical authority, and the tenuous position of the Dominican Order. It highlights the atmosphere of suspicion, fear, and conflict as reformers attempted to enforce religious orthodoxy amidst widespread indifference or outright rebellion. The discussion foreshadows the inevitable clashes between the Inquisition and local political structures as they sought to navigate the dynamics of power, faith, and community identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39458/39458-h/images/cover.jpg en Inquisition -- History BX Text Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 1719457 1719466 2024-09-16T14:22:34.847628 2023-09-17T08:51:11.584029 text/html text/html 1732170 2021-01-25T15:43:41 text/html; charset=utf-8 690166 2021-01-25T15:43:41 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 718653 2024-09-16T14:22:53.442505 application/epub+zip 748052 2024-09-16T14:22:37.478630 application/epub+zip 701226 2024-09-16T14:22:36.141748 application/epub+zip 1214037 2024-09-16T14:23:06.140504 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1062848 2024-09-16T14:22:51.962518 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1015629 2022-09-18T06:13:13.431517 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1505871 2024-09-16T14:22:32.434650 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1508254 2012-04-16T08:38:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 557541 2012-04-16T08:39:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1504538 2012-04-16T08:39:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 556289 2012-04-16T08:39:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1505084 2012-04-16T08:38:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 555769 2012-04-16T08:39:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21536 2024-09-16T14:23:06.313434 application/rdf+xml 6512 2024-09-16T14:22:36.324590 image/jpeg 1189 2024-09-16T14:22:36.234601 image/jpeg 684231 2024-09-16T14:22:34.985604 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia