Written for the general reader, the first part surveys the heresies of the Middle Ages: the Waldenses and Cathari, the Joachite ‘Everlasting Gospel’, Averroist philosophy, the reform movements of the fourteenth century and the magic arts. The second part examines the Inquisition itself, how the Church came to persecute, how the tribunals were organised and how Franciscans and Dominicans divided the work.
A balanced short history that condenses the ground of H. C. Lea’s great volumes. Download the free EPUB.