Vozniknovenie i ustroistvo inkvizitsii - Li Genri Charl'z

The Inquisition is known as one of the most advanced punitive institutions in the history of mankind. This very word, which has become almost a household name in almost all European languages, has terrified millions of people for several centuries. And this despite the fact that the Inquisition saw its duty in spiritual condemnation, re-education and salvation of the lost souls and itself - but it does not seem strange! - no one was sentenced to confiscation of property and burning, leaving this right to the secular authorities. Formally, the task of the Inquisition was to identify heresy, but at the same time she held the western society by the throat with a strong hand, permeated with her poisonous breath all - absolutely everything - aspects of his life and suppressed any dissent. But why was it possible? How did it happen that Christianity, which preaches the brotherhood of all people, gave birth to such a terrible monster? How did the Inquisition come about? How was it arranged from the inside? What kind of people were the Inquisitors? How the investigation was arranged, how the investigation was conducted, how...