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100 1 _aLea, Henry Charles,
_d1825-1909
245 1 2 _aA History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume I
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2012-04-14
508 _aProduced 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
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aInquisition -- History
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39451
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