Heaven or heresy a history of the Inquisition

Madden, Thomas F.

Restricted EAudiobook (NNELS) 2011

Saint Louis University professor Thomas Madden delivers a series of lectures exploring all facets of the Inquisition, including the religious and political climate of its time and the Inquisition's relationship to heresy and reformation. He imparts an understanding of the Spanish and Roman Inquisitions while dispelling popular myths associated with the subject.

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Christian heresies History Middle Ages, 600-1500

Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500

Europe, Western Church history

Inquisition Europe History

Inquisition Spain History

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Unabridged

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1 audio file (approximately 8 hr.) : digital

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"14 lectures."
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Title from title screen (viewed March 3, 2011)
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Lecture given by Thomas F. Madden
9781456101633
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Contents:

The organization of the Catholic Church
Heresy and Orthodoxy
Roman law and the Church
Birth of the Medieval Inquisition
Medieval heresies
Centralizing the Medieval Inquisition
The working of the Medieval Inquisition
Birth of the Spanish Inquisition
"Poisonous, offensive, misleading": the new heresies of the Protestant Reformation
The Spanish Inquisition in its maturity
The Roman Inquisition
Crafting the myth of the Inquisition
The Inquisition and the Enlightenment
The Inquisition in popular culture

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1156670

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