medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Christopher,
If you reread what Andrew Larsen wrote last week, you'll see that this
review does not contradict him. Andrew wrote that: "'The Inquisition'
is a scholarly myth, largely exploded by Richard Kieckhefer. Its a
general consensus among scholars that I know who work on heresy agree
is correct. Regional branches of government such as the Spanish
Inquisition existed, but there was no institutionalized arm of the
medieval Church known as 'the Inquisition'." The reviewed book would
seem to address such a regional institution ("how the Inquisition was
established at the end of the twelfth century in the lands of
Catalonia and Aragon"). You will note that it uses the term
"inquisition" without the definite article and that the reviewer, in
all but one instance, uses lower case. A chapter about inquisition in
the Crown of Aragon seems to me to be quite different from supporting
the idea of The Inquisition as a central institution of the Medieval
church. The book's discussion of the role played by Ramon of Penyafort
would also seem to echo what Andrew wrote about there being no
"institutional structure, identity, or memory beyond what was provided
by the Dominican Order."
Phil Feller
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