CONTENTS

PAGE
Preface[v]
PART I
HERESY
CHAP.
I.Origins of Mediæval Heresy[1]
II.Waldenses and Cathari[14]
III.‘The Everlasting Gospel’[34]
IV.Averrhoïst Influences[55]
V.

Reform Movements of the Fourteenth Centuryand the Council of Constance

[77]
VI.The Magic Arts[105]
PART II
The Inquisition
I.

Attitude of the Church towards Heresy priorto the Institution of the Inquisition

[123]
II.The Beginnings of the Inquisition[140]
III.The Spread of the Inquisition through Europe[159]
IV.The Composition and Procedure of the Tribunal[178]
V.Inquisitorial Penalties[206]
VI.Conclusion[229]
Note on Authorities[244]
Index[255]