A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages
A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages
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de CIt. Dei xvm. 18.
t Festns s. v^ Strig®.— Virg. Edog. vm. 97;-— August de Giv. Dei xvm. 17.
—Paul ^glnet Instit Medic, ni. lO.^Oeryas. Tilberiena Otia Imperial Deds.
HL c. 120.— Of. Volsunga Saga v., vm.
892 SORCERY AND OCCULT ARTS.
by incantations and soroery secured the affections of his bride Pudentilla, a woman of mature age who had been fourteen years a widow. Had the court, like those of the Middle Ages, enjoyed the infallible resource of torture, he would readily have been forced to c...onfession, with the attendant death-penalty ; but as there was no charge of treason involved, he was free to disculpate himself by evidence and argument, and he escaped.* The severest penalties of the law, in fact, were traditionally directed against all practitioners of magic. The surviving frag- ments of the Decemviral legislation show that this dated from an early period of the republic. With the spread of the Roman con* quests, the introduction of Orientalized Hellenism was followed by Uie magic of the East, more imposing than the homelier native practices, arousing the liveliest fear and indignation.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
de CIt. Dei xvm. 18.
t Festns s. v^ Strig®.— Virg. Edog. vm. 97;-— August de Giv. Dei xvm. 17.
—Paul ^glnet Instit Medic, ni. lO.^Oeryas. Tilberiena Otia Imperial Deds.
HL c. 120.— Of. Volsunga Saga v., vm.
892 SORCERY AND OCCULT ARTS.
by incantations and soroery secured the affections of his bride Pudentilla, a woman of mature age who had been fourteen years a widow. Had the court, like those of the Middle Ages, enjoyed the infallible resource of torture, he would readily have been forced to c...onfession, with the attendant death-penalty ; but as there was no charge of treason involved, he was free to disculpate himself by evidence and argument, and he escaped.* The severest penalties of the law, in fact, were traditionally directed against all practitioners of magic. The surviving frag- ments of the Decemviral legislation show that this dated from an early period of the republic. With the spread of the Roman con* quests, the introduction of Orientalized Hellenism was followed by Uie magic of the East, more imposing than the homelier native practices, arousing the liveliest fear and indignation.
What to read after A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Henry Charles Lea to read onlineMoreLess
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