The InquisitionFront matterBertrand L. (Bertrand Louis) Conway translationChapter navigation22 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE INQUISITIONChapter I · FIRST PERIOD (I-IV CENTURIES): THE EPOCH OF THE PERSECUTIONS.Chapter II · SECOND PERIOD (FROM VALENTINIAN I TO THEODOSIUS II). THE CHURCH AND THE CRIMINAL CODE OF THE CHRISTIAN EMPERORS AGAINST HERESY.Chapter III · THIRD PERIOD (A.D. 1100-1250). THE REVIVAL OF THE MANICHEAN HERESIES.Chapter IV · FOURTH PERIOD (FROM GRATIAN TO INNOCENT III). THE INFLUENCE OF THE CANON LAW, AND THE REVIVAL OF THE ROMAN LAW.Chapter V · THE CATHARAN OR ALBIGENSIAN HERESY: ITS ANTI-CATHOLIC AND ANTI-SOCIAL CHARACTER.Chapter VI · FIFTH PERIOD (GREGORY IX AND FREDERIC II). THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MONASTIC INQUISITION.Chapter VII · SIXTH PERIOD. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INQUISITION. (INNOCENT IV AND THE USE OF TORTURE.)Chapter VIII · THEOLOGIANS, CANONISTS AND CASUISTS.Chapter IX · THE INQUISITION IN OPERATION.Chapter X · CRITICISM OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE INQUISITION.CHAPTER 1 FIRST PERIOD I-IV CENTURY THE EPOCH OF THE PERSECUTIONSChapter II · SECOND PERIOD FROM VALENTINIAN I To THEODOSIUS II THE CHURCH AND THE CRIMINAL CODE OF THE CHRISTIAN EMPERORS AGAINST HERESYChapter III · THIRD PERIOD FROM 1100 TO 1250 THE REVIVAL OF THE MANICHEAN HERESIES IN THE MIDDLE AGESChapter IV · FOURTH PERIOD FROM GRATIAN TO INNOCENT III THE INFLUENCE OF THE CANON LAW, AND THE REVIVAL OF THE ROMAN LAWChapter V · THE CATHARAN OR ALBIGENSIAN HERESY—ITS ANTI-CATHOLIC AND ANTI-SOCIAL CHARACTERChapter VI · FIFTH PERIOD GREGORY IX AND FREDERIC II THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MONASTIC INQUISITIONChapter VI · SIXTH PERIOD DEVELOPMENT OF THE INQUISITION INNOCENT IV AND THE USE OF TORTUREChapter VIII · THEOLOGIANS, CANONISTS, AND CASUISTS OF THE INQUISITIONChapter IX · THE INQUISITION IN OPERATIONChapter X · A CRITICISM OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE INQUISITIONBeginning of this editionNext chapter →THE INQUISITIONAll chapters and sections (22)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE INQUISITIONChapters1234567891012345668910Produced by David McClamrock◇THE INQUISITION →