Tag: the inquisition
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Bernard Gui: Inquisitorial Technique
from Gnosis.org: Bernard Gui was Inquisitor in Toulouse, 1307-1323. The medieval inquisition had been created during the reign of Pope Gregory IX (1227-1241). Its main technique was to extract confessions. Bernard describes the techniques used in interrogations. When a heretic is first brought up for examination, he assumes a confident air, as though secure in…