E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten
Reihe: Haney Foundation Series
Mayer The Roman Inquisition
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8122-0764-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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A Papal Bureaucracy and Its Laws in the Age of Galileo
E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten
Reihe: Haney Foundation Series
ISBN: 978-0-8122-0764-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
As Thomas F. Mayer demonstrates in this first study of the Roman Inquisition as an institution, the Inquisition underwent constant modification as it expanded. Originally aimed to eradicate Protestant heresy, it went beyond medieval antecedents by becoming a highly articulated centralized organ directly dependent on the pope.