THE MEDIEVAL INQUISITION THE MEDIEVAL INQUISITION A STUDY IN RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION BY CHARLES T. GORHAM, _Author of “The Spanish Inquisition,” etc._ ISSUED FOR THE NATIONALIST ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LONDON: WATTS & CO., 17 JOHNSON’S COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.4 1918 CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE MORAL CONDITION OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH PAGE Simony 7 Clerical Celibacy 12 CHAPTER II A CRUSADE AGAINST CHRISTIANS Religious Persecution 27 CHAPTER III THE FOUNDING, CONSTITUTION, AND PRACTICE OF THE INQUISITION The Inquisitorial Method 37 Evidence 39 The Defence 41 Sentence 42 Confiscation 45 Relaxation and the Stake 47 CHAPTER IV HOW THE INQUISITION OVERRAN EUROPE The South of France 49 Northern France 54 Aragon and Castile 57 Italy 58 Bosnia 63 Germany 64 Bohemia 68 The Netherlands 70 The Spiritual Franciscans 78 CHAPTER V MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES Political Heresy 82 The Templars 83 Joan of Arc 85 Sorcery and Magic 86 Intellect and Faith 94 Censorship of Books 97 The Greek Church 98 Indulgences and Simony 99 CHAPTER VI THE GENTLE ART OF WHITEWASHING Bibliography 121 THE MEDIEVAL INQUISITION CHAPTER I THE MORAL CONDITION OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH