"In the field of medieval history, few scholars have matched the originality of the German academic Herbert Grundmann (1902-1970). Trained at the University of Leipzig and president of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica from 1959 until his death, Grundmann published a series of b…
"In the field of medieval history, few scholars have matched the originality of the German academic Herbert Grundmann (1902-1970). Trained at the University of Leipzig and president of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica from 1959 until his death, Grundmann published a series of b…
Seven hundred years after the dissolution of the order, the trial of the Templars still arouses controversy and speculation. This book examines various aspects of the background to the trial, the financial, political and religious context of the trial in France, and the value of…
This comprehensive three-volume history of the medieval Inquisition by the influential American scholar Henry Charles Lea, first published in 1888, was firmly based on primary sources, and adopted a rationalist approach that departed from the pious tone of earlier histories of t…
Henry Charles Lea's comprehensive three-volume history of the medieval Inquisition, first published in 1888, was firmly based on primary sources. Lea was convinced that the Inquisition was not arbitrarily devised and implemented but was an inevitable consequence of forces that w…
Inquisitions of heresy have long fascinated both specialists and non-specialists. 'A Companion to Heresy Inquisitions' presents a synthesis of the immense amount of scholarship generated about these institutions in recent years. The volume offers an overview of many of the most …
Inquisitions of heresy have long fascinated both specialists and non-specialists. 'A Companion to Heresy Inquisitions' presents a synthesis of the immense amount of scholarship generated about these institutions in recent years. The volume offers an overview of many of the most …
Inquisitions of heresy have long fascinated both specialists and non-specialists. 'A Companion to Heresy Inquisitions' presents a synthesis of the immense amount of scholarship generated about these institutions in recent years. The volume offers an overview of many of the most …