A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages V1 (LARGE PRINT EDITION) (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)

(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1888. Lea, an American historian, devoted himself to research, mainly on church history in the later middle ages, and his literary reputation rests on the important books he produced on this subject. However, his great contribution was his originality and his profound influence in impressing on American historians the importance of direct study of sources. This is Volume I of III. Contents: The Church; Heresy; The Cathari; The Albigensian Crusades; Persecution; The Mendicant Orders; The Inquisition Founded; Organization; The Inquisitorial Process; Evidence; The Defense; The Sentence; Confiscation; and The Stake. See other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Vol. 2 ISBN 0766188949, Vol. 3 ISBN 0766188957.