Hunting Heretics: Inside the Medieval Inquisition
More than 5,000 people were interviewed during the Great Inquisition of medieval Toulouse. What did this mean for those ordinary people called to give evidence?
Ironically, when we speak about inquisitions, people have come to expect the Spanish Inquisition. But inquisitions into the beliefs and behaviours of the laity started in earnest more than two centuries before this late-15th century institution.
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