God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World
By Unknown Author.
Description
âThe Inquisition is a dark mark in the history of the Catholic Church. But it was not the first inquisition nor the last, as Cullen Murphy shows in this far-ranging, informed, and (dare one say?) witty account of its reach down to our own time, in worldly affairs more than ecclesiastical ones.â â Margaret OâBrien Steinfels, former editor, CommonwealThe Inquisition conducted its last execution in 1826 â the victim was a Spanish schoolmaster convicted of heresy. But as Cullen Murphy shows in this provocative new work, not only did its offices survive in...
ISBN(s)
0618091564, 9780618091560
