A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages: Volume 1

602 Pages·2010·30.858 MB·English

by  Henry Charles Lea

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A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages
Henry Charles Lea’s comprehensive three-volume history of the medieval
Inquisition, first published in 1888, was firmly based on primary sources
and was influential in fostering a rationalist approach to medieval history,
breaking with the pious and reverential tone of earlier nineteenth-century
work on the middle ages. Lea was convinced that the Inquisition was not
arbitrarily devised and implemented but was an inevitable consequence
of forces that were dominant in thirteenth-century Christian society. In
order to give as full a picture of the Inquisition as possible, Lea examines
the jurisprudence of the period. In Volume 1 he presents background
information, giving a general account of the Catholic Church in the twelfth
century and exploring the events that prompted the Church to set up the
Inquisition. He explains the prevalent medieval understanding of the roles
of the Church and government in society, and looks at medieval concepts
of the relationships between individuals and the Church, the government,
one another, and God. Lea shows how these views formed the basis of the
Inquisition’s structure, organization and processes.
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A Histoorfy the
Inquisition of the
MiddlAeg es
VOLUME 1
HENRY CHARLES LEA
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A HISTOROYF THEI NQUISITION
VoLI..
A HJS'fOROYF
1�HE INQUISITION
OF
TH.EM IDDLEA GES
BY
HENRY CHARLES LEA
At:"THOll '()U'
"AN HIS'l'OltlCAL KSETCH OF SACERDOTCBALi,IB ACY," "SUPERSTITION AND FORCE,''
"STUDIF.S IN CHURCHHI STO"R Y
IN THREE VOLUMES
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LONDON
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON,S EARLE,& RIVINGTON
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FETTELRA NE, FLEETS TREETE,. C.
1888
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PREFACE.
THE historoyft heI nquisitniaotnu raldliyv idietss eilnft o
twop ortioenasc,ho fw hichm ayb ec onsidearsea d w hole.T he
Reformatiiostn h eb oundary-bleitnwee etnh eme,x cepitnS pain,
where tNheew Inquisiwtaiosfn o undebdy Ferdinaanndd I sa­
bella. Int hep resewnotr kI h aves oughttop resenatn i mpartial
accounoftt hei nstituatsii oten x isteddu rintgh ee arliepre riod.
Fort hes econd poIr htaivoemn a del arge colloefcm taitoenrsi al,
througwhh ichI hopei nd uet imet o contitnhuehe i stotroyi ts
end.
TheI nquisiwtasi onno tan organizaatriboint rarildye vised
.andi mposeudp ont hej udicisayls teomf C hristendomt hbe y
ambitioornf anaticoifst mh eC hurch.It wasr athear n atural­
onem ay almossta ya n inevitable-evoolftu hteif oonr ceast
worki nt het hrteien thc enturayn,dn oo necan rightalpyp reciate
thep rocesosf i tdse velopmaenndtt her esulotfis t asc tivwiitty h·
outa somewhamti nutceo nsideraotfit ohnef actocrosn trolling
them indasn dso uls ofm end urintgh eag esw hiclha itdh ef ounda­
tioonf m odern civilizatTioo anc.c ompltihsihis th asb een neces­
sary to inp asrse vienwe arlya llt he spiraintdui aln tellectual
movementosf t heM iddlAeg esa,n dt og lancaet t hec ondition
ofs ocieint yce rtain ofi tsp hases.
At thec ommencemeonftm y historicalI sspteueddiibele­sy
camec onvinctehda tth es urebsats iosf i nYestigfaotri ognai ven
periolda yi na ne xaminatoifoi nt jsu risprudwehniccehp,rese nts
withoutd isguiistesa spiratainodnt sh em e.ansr egardased best
iv PREF.A .CE.
adaptfedo rt heirre alizatiIo hna.v ea ccordindgelvyo temdu ch
spacet ot heo rigainnd d evelopmoefnt th ei nquisitporroicale ss,
feeliconngv incetdh ati nt hims anneorn ly cwaen u nderstand
the operatioofnt sh eH olyO fficea ntdh ei nfluewnhciec iht ex­
ercisoends uccessgievneer atioBnys t.h ea pplicaotfit ohne r e­
sulttsh uso btainiethd a ss eemteomd e thamta nyp ointwsh, ich
havebe en misundersotroi omdp erfecatplpyr eciactane db ee luci­
datedI.f i nt hiIs h aveo ccasionbaelelnly e dt oc onclusdiiofn­s
ferifnrgo mt hosceu rrenactcleyp teId b,e gt her eadetor b elieve
thatth ev iews presheanvtene odtb eenh astifloyr mebdu,t t hat
theya ret hoeu tcomoefa conscienstuirovuesoy fa ltlh eo riginal
sourca.cecse ssitob lmee .
No seriohuiss torwiocraklis wortthhwe r itoirnt hger ead­
ingu nleistsc onveyas m oralb,u tto beu seftuhle m oramlu st
develiotps eilnft hem indo ft her eadweirt hbeoiungt o btruded
uponh im.E speciailstl hyi tsh ecase ina histotrrye ationfag
subjecwth ichha sc allfeod rtthh:fiee rcepsats sioonfms a n,a rous­
ingal ternatehliysh ighesta ndh isb aseismtp ulsesI. h avneo t
pausetdo m oralizbeu,tI havem issemdy aimi ft hee ventnsa r­
rateadr en ots op resenast ed tot eacthh eiarp proprilaetses on.
Ito nlrye maifnosr m e toe xpremsys t hanksto then umerous
frienadnsdc orrespondwehnot hsa ver endermeed assistainnc e
thea rduoluasb oorf c ollectthienv ge ry vamraiteedr imalu,c ho f
iti neditoendw ,h icthh ep resewnotr ki sb asedE.s peciadlolI y
desitor er ecormdy gratittou dteh em emoryo ft aht cultured
gentlemaannd e arnest schollaatre,H otnh.Ge e orgPe. M arsh,
whof ors om anyy earwso rthirleyp resenteUdn ittheSedt ates at
theI talicaonu rtI. n evehrad thef ortuton el ooukp onh is face,
butt hcoeu rteoruesa dinweistshw hicbhe a idemdy researcihne s
Italmye rimty warmesta cknowledgmeTnot Psr.o fesCshoarr les
:M:oliniert,h eUo nfiv ersityo fT ouloumseo,r eovemry, s pecial
thankasr ed uea st o onew ho hasa lwaybese n readtoy share
witha fellow-sthuidseo nwtn unrivallkendo wledogfet heIn -
PREFACE.
quisitoifLo ann guedocI.n t heF lorentairnceh iIv oesw em uch
toF ranciPsh ilNiaps tE,s q.t,oP rofesFseolri Tcoec coa,n dt o
DoctorG iusepPpaep ale;oi nnit hosoefN aplest,o t heS uperin­
tendeOnatv M.i nieRriic cio atnotd h eO avL.e opolOdvoa ryin;
thoseo fV enicet ot heC avT.eo dorToo deriannidS igB.a rtolomeo
Cecche:ti tnit hosoef B russetloMs . C harlReash lenbeIcnk .
ParisI havteo c ongratumlyasteelo fnt hec arefausls iduwiittyh
whicMh. L .S andrheats exhafuosrmt ye db eneftihter iccohl ­
lectioofnM sS S.es,p ecialtlhyo soef t heB ibliothNeaqtuieo nale.
To a student, sebpya ar tahtoeuds alneda guoefso ceafnr om
ther epositoofrt iheeOs l dW orld,a ssistoafnt chein sa tuirsea
necessity,e satnedem my Is elffo rtunina thea vinegn listtheed
co-operatoifto hno sweh oh aver emovefdo rm e someo ft hed is­
abiliotfit esi maen dsp ace.
Shoultdh er emainpionrgt ioofmn y tasbke hereacacfotme­r
plishIeh do,p teo h avteh eo pportunoifta yc knowledgmiyn ogb ­
ligattioom nasn yo thegre ntlemen ohfe mbiostphh ewrheoh sa ve
furnishemde withu npublimsahteedr iiall lustratingth e latdee­r
velopmeonftt h eH olyO ffice.
PHILADEL l'lllA, .tl:uguat, 1887.