Inquisition in the Fourteenth Century: The Manuals of Bernard Gui and Nicholas Eymerich

by Derek Hill

An investigation of two manuals of inquisition reveals much about the practice in action.

The Inquisition played a central role in European history. It moulded societies by enforcing religious and intellectual unity; it helped develop the judicial and police techniques which are the basis of those used today; and it helped lay the foundations for the persecution of witches. An understanding of the Inquisition is therefore essential to the late...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903153875
• ISBN13: 9781903153871
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: York Medieval Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"