The beginning of the Inquisition. Osokin N.A.

One of the worst words of the European Middle Ages is the Inquisition. A special church court of the Catholic Church, created in 1215 by Pope Innocent III in order to "detect, punish and prevent heresies." The first objects of his attention were the Albigenses and their supporters. The activities of the early Inquisition were deployed against the backdrop of the Crusades, feudal and religious wars, the difficult formation of European civilization. Immerse yourself in the high Middle Ages - stormy and dangerous!