Project Gutenberg 2012-04-14 Public domain in the USA. 2897 Lea, Henry Charles 1825 1909 Lea, H. C. (Henry Charles) A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume I Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at DP Europe (http://dp.rastko.net); produced from images of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr "A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; Volume I" by Henry Charles Lea is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book explores the origin and development of the Inquisition during its early phases, examining the institution's complex relationship with the Church and society. Lea aims to provide an objective analysis of the forces that shaped the Inquisition and its implications on European civilization through careful examination of historical sources. At the start of the narrative, the author provides an insightful preface explaining the context of the Church's power in the twelfth century and the emergence of the Inquisition as a response to the growing prevalence of heresy. Lea outlines the Church's extensive control over the moral and spiritual lives of Christians, detailing the rise of corruption and a clash between the clerical elite and the laity. He emphasizes that the Inquisition developed from a confluence of social and religious factors, creating a system deeply entrenched in medieval societal dynamics and elucidating the moral and ethical complexities of this era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39451/39451-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 52.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Inquisition -- History BX Text Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: History - European Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages Category: History - Religious 1729219 2025-06-16T06:23:49.126507 text/html 1753610 2012-04-16T07:36:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 690060 2012-04-16T07:37:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 719841 2025-06-16T06:24:09.316389 application/epub+zip 748586 2025-06-16T06:23:52.340489 application/epub+zip 701770 2025-06-16T06:23:50.717498 application/epub+zip 1223593 2025-06-16T06:24:22.242311 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1080619 2025-06-16T06:24:07.512390 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1033883 2022-09-18T06:10:47.059324 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1519342 2025-06-16T06:23:46.918533 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1519255 2012-04-16T07:36:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 558498 2012-04-16T07:37:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1517944 2012-04-16T07:36:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 557752 2012-04-16T07:37:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20451 2025-06-16T06:24:22.413286 application/rdf+xml 6512 2025-06-16T06:23:50.919440 image/jpeg 1189 2025-06-16T06:23:50.819448 image/jpeg 684633 2025-06-16T06:23:49.270472 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia