Inquisition and its Organisation in Italy, 1250-1350

A strikingly original approach to the inquisition movement in Italy, examining the roles of the protagonists. Inquisition against heresy in Italy was a partnership between the papal inquisitor, usually a Dominican or Franciscan friar, the local bishop and the civic authority; and it is generally considered that the inquisitor was the leading figure, from the mid thirteenth century onwards. This book seeks to question whether this is true. Through an examination of the roles of the different part