An investigation of two manuals of inquisition reveals much about the practice in action. The Inquisition played a central role in European history. It moulded

This biography of a controversial religious figure of the fourteenth century offers material that illuminates critical issues in the social, political and spiri

The Spanish Inquisition remains a fearful symbol of state terror. Its principal target was theconversos, descendants of Spanish Jews who had been forced to conv

A fresh examination of the Cathar heresy, using the records of inquisitorial tribunals to bring out new details of life at the time.

In Defining Heresy, Irene Bueno investigates the theories and practices of anti-heretical repression in the first half of the fourteenth century, focusing on th