Joshua Rice

Pope Innocent III declaring the crusade against the Cathars and an attack on the Albigensians, miniature from the Grandes Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis, 14th century. British Library/Bridgeman Images.

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?

The burning of the Orléans heretics, by Jan Luyken, from Martyrs Mirror, 1685. Artokoloro/Alamy Stock Photo.

Burn in Hell

In 1022 heretics were discovered in northern France and burned to death for their crimes. But what caused this outbreak of radical thought?