Righteous Persecution: Inquisition, Dominicans, and Christianity in the Middle Ages

by Christine Caldwell Ames

Righteous Persecution examines the long-controversial involvement of the Order of Preachers, or Dominicans, with inquisitions into heresy in medieval Europe. From their origin in the thirteenth century, the Dominicans were devoted to a ministry of preaching, teaching, and pastoral care, to "save souls" particularly tempted by the Christian heresies popular in western Europe. Many persons then, and scholars in our own time, have asked how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812241339
• ISBN13: 9780812241334
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"