Project Gutenberg 2023-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 254 Gorham, Charles T. (Charles Turner) 1856 1933 Gorham, Charles Turner The medieval Inquisition: A study in religious persecution $aUnited Kingdom :$bWatts & Co,$c1918. Brian Coe, The book cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Medieval Inquisition: A Study in Religious Persecution" by Charles T. Gorham is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book examines the grim reality of the Medieval Inquisition, specifically focusing on the system of religious persecution that flourished within the medieval Church. It delves into the broader implications of this dark period, highlighting how dogmatic beliefs fueled oppression and brutality against those deemed heretical. At the start of the book, Gorham sets the stage by discussing the moral condition of the Church during the Middle Ages, suggesting that a combination of ignorance, corruption, and a perverse interpretation of religious ideals led to widespread decay in both spirituality and ethics. He articulates how the Church prioritized obedience to its doctrines over moral integrity, ultimately justifying the horrific practices of the Inquisition. The opening portion critiques the administration of the Church, illustrating how systemic issues allowed for rampant abuses of power and the ruthless persecution of dissenters, establishing a chilling context for the operational procedures of the Inquisition that would follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t3xs5ns5d&view=1up&seq=7 20200301035519gorman 1918 GB Reading ease score: 54.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Inquisition BX Text Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages Category: History - Religious 277570 2025-07-27T13:29:57.684821 text/html 273885 2023-01-21T08:55:08 text/html 345565 2025-07-27T13:30:02.556813 application/epub+zip 346332 2025-07-27T13:29:58.982823 application/epub+zip 182171 2025-07-27T13:29:58.425799 application/epub+zip 524353 2025-07-27T13:30:05.476749 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 492831 2025-07-27T13:30:02.073775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 244389 2025-07-27T13:29:57.232807 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 244097 2023-01-21T08:55:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17729 2025-07-27T13:30:05.648755 application/rdf+xml 13474 2025-07-27T13:29:58.628800 image/jpeg 2209 2025-07-27T13:29:58.540793 image/jpeg 91471 2023-01-21T08:55:25 application/octet-stream application/zip 317111 2023-01-21T08:55:25 application/octet-stream application/zip 320071 2025-07-27T13:29:57.711822 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