God's jury
Subtitle: the Inquisition and the making of the modern world
By: Cullen Murphy
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780618091560
Subjects: Inquisition
Description: The acclaimed author of "Are We Rome?" brings his highly praised blend of deep research, colorful travelogue, and insightful political analysis to a new history of the Inquisition. Exploring the Inquisition from its establishment in 1231 onwards, Murphy argues that not only did its offices survive into the twentieth century, its spirit lingers on in the modern world too.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-295) and index.
Table of contents: title: Standard operating procedure: the paper trail; title: A stake in the ground: the medieval Inquisition; title: Queen of torments: the Spanish Inquisition; title: That Satanic device: the Roman Inquisition; title: To the ends of the earth: the global Inquisition; title: The verdict of history: the secular Inquisition; title: With God on our side: in praise of doubt.