A history of the Inquisition of the middle ages - v1

Henry Charles Lea's three volume The History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages is still widely regarded by scholars in the field as one of the outstanding works of scholarship on the subject. In Volume 1, Lea presents background information about the Inquisition - the events which occurred to prompt the church to establish the Inquisition, the ideas about the role of the church and government ...