Essays Tagged: "Pope Gregory IX"

Violence in Entertainment

ne of the only species that kills just to kill. For instance the Spanish Inquisition, authorized by Pope Gregory IX, in 1231, to eradicate "Heretics" from this world was certainly not after he watched ...

(1 pages) 115 6 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Medieval torture and inquisition

n of heresy remained unorganized, and with the large scale heresies in the 11th and 12th centuries, Pope Gregory IX instituted the papal inquisition in 1231 for the apprehension and trial of heretics. ... uisition was established as a special court to stop the spread of heresy (Alessandra Stanley. 1998) Pope Gregory IX's response to the failures of the episcopal inquisition with a series of papal bulls ...

(6 pages) 2 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays