A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages/Volume I

Table of contents (pp. vii-xiv)

 * Preface. (pp. iii-v)

BOOK I. - ORIGIN AND ORGANIZATION OF THE INQUISITION.

(Growth of Intolerance in the Early Church - p. 209 | Persecution Commences under Constantine - p. 212 | The Church Adopts the Death-penalty for Heresy - p. 213 | Duty of the Ruler to Suppress Heresy - p. 215 | Decline of Persecuting Spirit under the Barbarians - p. 216 | Hesitation to Punish in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries - p. 218 | Uncertainty as to Form of Punishment - p. 220 | Burning Alive Adopted in the Thirteenth Century - p. 221 | Evasion of Responsibility by the Church - p. 223 | The Temporal Authority Coerced to Persecute - p. 224 | Persecution of the Dead - p. 230 | Motives Impelling to Persecution - p. 233 | Cruelty of the Middle Ages - p. 234 | Exaggerated Detestation of Heresy - p. 236 | Influence of Asceticism - p. 238 | Conscientious Motives - p. 239)
 * Chapter I. - The Church. (pp. 1-56)
 * Chapter II. - Heresy. (pp. 57-88)
 * Chapter III. - The Cathari. (pp. 89-128)
 * Chapter IV. - The Albigensian Crusades. (pp. 129-208)
 * Chapter V. - Persecution. (pp. 209-242)

(Inquisitor both Judge and Confessor - p. 399 | Difficulty of Proving Heresy - p. 400 | The Inquisitorial Process universally Employed - p. 401 | Age of Responsibility. - Proceedings in Absentia. - The Dead - p. 402 | All Safeguards Withdrawn. - Secrecy of Procedure - p. 405 | Confession not Requisite for Conviction - p. 407 | Importance Attached to Confession - p. 408 | Interrogatory of the Accused - p. 410 | Resources for Extracting Confession. - Deceit - p. 414 | Irregular Tortures, Mental and Physical. - Delays - p. 417 | Formal Torture - p. 421 | Restricted by Clement V. - p. 424 | Rules for its Employment - p. 426 | Retraction of Confessions - p. 428) (Comparative Unimportance of Witnesses - p. 430 | Flimsiness of Evidence Admitted - p. 431 | The Crime Known as "Suspicion of Heresy" - p. 433 | Number of Witnesses. - No Restrictions as to Character or Age - p. 434 | Mortal Enmity the only Disability - p. 436 | Secrecy of Confessional Disregarded - p. 437 | Suppression of Names of Witnesses - p. 437 | Evidence sometimes Withheld - p. 439 | Frequency of False-witness. - Its Penalty - p. 440)
 * Chapter VI. - The Mendicant Orders. (pp. 243-304)
 * Chapter VII. - The Inquisition Founded. (pp. 305-368)
 * Chapter VIII. - Organization. (pp. 369-398)
 * Chapter IX. - The Inquisitorial Process. (pp. 399-429)
 * Chapter X. - Evidence. (pp. 430-442)

(Theoretical Irresponsibility of the Inquisition - p. 534 | The Church Coerces the Secular Power to Burn Heretics - p. 536 | Only Impenitent Heretics Burned - p. 541 | Relapse. - Hesitation as to its Penalty. - Burning Decided upon - p. 543 | Difficulty of Defining Relapse - p. 547 | Refusal to Submit to Penance - p. 548 | Probable Frequency of Burning - p. 549 | Details of Execution - p. 551 | Burning of Books - p. 554 | Influence of Inquisitorial Methods on the Church - p. 557 | Influence on Secular Jurisprudence - p. 559)
 * Chapter XI. - The Defence. (pp. 443-458)
 * Chapter XII. - The Sentence. (pp. 459-500)
 * Chapter XIII. - Confiscation. (pp. 501-533)
 * Chapter XIV. - The Stake. (pp. 534-561)


 * Appendix. (pp. 563-583)

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