Project Gutenberg 2012-04-30 Public domain in the USA. 121 Lea, Henry Charles 1825 1909 Lea, H. C. (Henry Charles) A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume III Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at DP Europe (http://dp.rastko.net); produced from images available at the Internet Archive. "A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; Volume III" by Henry Charles Lea is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This comprehensive volume examines the complex operations and impacts of the Inquisition, particularly focusing on specialized fields where inquisitorial activity was prevalent during the Middle Ages. The book delves into various sects and movements, illuminating their doctrines, conflicts, and the reactions of ecclesiastical authorities. The opening of the volume introduces the first chapter on the Spiritual Franciscans, detailing internal divisions within the Franciscan Order and the tensions between the ideals of absolute poverty espoused by St. Francis and the realities of wealth accumulation within the Order. The text describes key figures such as Elias and John of Parma, and the tumultuous political struggles that arose over interpretations of Franciscan rules. The reader is engaged with the history of the Church's governance and the philosophical disputes that highlighted the friction between idealism and the practicalities of monastic life, setting the stage for a deep exploration of heresy, belief, and persecution. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39580/39580-h/images/cover.jpg en Inquisition -- History BX Text Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 2584475 2584484 2024-09-16T15:01:19.543229 2023-09-17T09:24:50.337583 text/html text/html 2567573 2021-01-25T14:40:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 916397 2021-01-25T14:40:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 967094 2024-09-16T15:02:33.980390 application/epub+zip 1012625 2024-09-16T15:01:43.552659 application/epub+zip 965797 2024-09-16T15:01:31.589650 application/epub+zip 1758658 2024-09-16T15:02:57.472204 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1439891 2024-09-16T15:02:12.376461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1392385 2022-09-18T07:02:28.547319 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2002076 2024-09-16T15:01:12.900250 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 2002015 2012-04-30T13:04:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 743954 2012-04-30T13:08:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 2000334 2012-04-30T13:05:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 742908 2012-04-30T13:08:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19598 2024-09-16T15:02:57.696195 application/rdf+xml 6512 2024-09-16T15:01:32.027633 image/jpeg 1189 2024-09-16T15:01:31.813643 image/jpeg 910411 2024-09-16T15:01:19.731336 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