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<blockquote data-quote="alsih2o" data-source="post: 1533626" data-attributes="member: 4790"><p>Today: The inquisitions..</p><p></p><p> Inquisition is from the Latin, to look at. More specifically, in the religious sense, it is the method of finding and suppressing heresy. A definitions and brief history- <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08026a.htm" target="_blank">http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08026a.htm</a></p><p></p><p> So, we might as well bop over and get a definition for heresy as well- <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07256b.htm#REF_VIII" target="_blank">http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07256b.htm#REF_VIII</a> St. Thomas, you will see, has defined it as a form of infidelity. Useful in game! J</p><p></p><p> As long as we are doing broad definitions, here is Wikipedias quickie tour of the four Inquisitions- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition</a> Notice one of the big differences you can have in your game world- “One common misconception is that the Church executed heretics. On rare occasions that did happen, but in most jurisdictions and at most times only the secular power had the authority to perform executions. The Church would declare the person a heretic, and when the state learned of a decision it chose to perform an execution.” </p><p></p><p> Just to go ahead and get it out of the way, here is a run-down of the Galileo incident- <a href="http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/node52.html" target="_blank">http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/node52.html</a></p><p></p><p> In the 16 and 17 hundreds a lot of “witches” came under the attention of an inquisition- <a href="http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/gage/inquis/c_reform.html" target="_blank">http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/gage/inquis/c_reform.html</a> A quick glance shows that these were not only used to root out witches but “to eliminate one's opponents, to silence critics, to extort money from potential victims, to strip dissenters of their lands and other possessions, to force women into unwanted sexual liaisons, to rid the community of old, frail, sick, or otherwise economically unproductive women, to enable a man to rid himself of an unwanted wife in an age when very, very few people could attain a divorce, and to acquire political power” Effective game-wise if ever anything was! J</p><p></p><p> On another page, mostly a collection of snippets form other pages, we see a list of sentences handed down by Gui (more on him later) “Released from the obligation to wear crosses 132</p><p>Sentenced to pilgrimages, without wearing crosses 9</p><p>Released from prison 139</p><p>Sentenced to wear crosses 143</p><p>Imprisoned 307</p><p>Dead persons who would have been imprisoned 17</p><p>Abandoned to the secular Arm and burned at the stack (sic) 42</p><p>Dead persons, who would have been abandoned 3</p><p>Bones exhumed and burned 69</p><p>Fugitives, declared excommunicate 40</p><p>Sentenced to he exposed in the stocks or pillary 2</p><p>Priests sentenced to be degraded. 2</p><p>Exiled 1</p><p>Houses ordered demolished 22</p><p>Copies of the Talmud condemned and burned (2 cartloads) 1</p><p>Interdict removed 1”</p><p> <a href="http://jmgainor.homestead.com/files/PU/Inq/mi.htm" target="_blank">http://jmgainor.homestead.com/files/PU/Inq/mi.htm</a></p><p></p><p> The Medieval Sourcebook (why is it not in your favorites yet?) has a short page introducing the inquisitions- <a href="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/inquisition1.html" target="_blank">http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/inquisition1.html</a></p><p></p><p> And the we come to Bernard Gui, an old hand at all this torture and confessions stuff, he even wrote a manual for inquisitors- <a href="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/bernardgui-inq.html" target="_blank">http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/bernardgui-inq.html</a> It really needs it’s language roughed up and left as a book in the hands of an ogre mage! We also have an example of an inq. Confession form Gui- <a href="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/heresy2.html" target="_blank">http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/heresy2.html</a> Definitely a scary moment..</p><p></p><p> Here- <a href="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/clareno-inq.html" target="_blank">http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/clareno-inq.html</a> we have a description fo torture used in the inquisition from a 13th century Franciscan monk. In part- “Driven out of his mind by anger, the inquisitor ordered that, dressed in a short tunic, the prisoner be put first in a bath of hot water, then of cold. Then, with a stone tied to his feet, he was raised up again, kept there for a while, and dropped again, and his shins were poked with reeds as sharp as swords. Again and again he was hauled up until, on the thirteenth elevation, the rope broke and he fell from a great height with the stone still tied to his feet. As that destroyer of the faithful stood looking at him, he lay there only half alive, with his body shattered. The treacherous man's servant's took the body and disposed of it in a cesspool.”</p><p></p><p>A page full of confessions is here- <a href="http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/english/Fournier/jfournhm.htm" target="_blank">http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/english/Fournier/jfournhm.htm</a> some great stuff!</p><p></p><p> Here is a page of images from The Spanish Inq. These include torture and non-sexualized nudity, please be careful if you or your boss is offended- <a href="http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/spanish-inquisition.htm" target="_blank">http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/spanish-inquisition.htm</a> and some images form auto-de-fes, meaning act of faith, where by one is burned- <a href="http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/a/m/amw288/" target="_blank">http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/a/m/amw288/</a></p><p></p><p> Here is a great page, complete with a “choose your own adventure” style inquisition J</p><p> <a href="http://www.sragg.de/Inquisition_E/index_englisch.htm" target="_blank">http://www.sragg.de/Inquisition_E/index_englisch.htm</a> contains not only that, but an etymology, a section on heretics, history and a link collection. A little flashy and broad, but that makes history fun. J</p><p></p><p> And finally, the last word goes to Catholic.net, with their “Fact Vs. Fiction” section on the inquisitions- <a href="http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96/article2.html" target="_blank">http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96/article2.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alsih2o, post: 1533626, member: 4790"] Today: The inquisitions.. Inquisition is from the Latin, to look at. More specifically, in the religious sense, it is the method of finding and suppressing heresy. A definitions and brief history- [url]http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08026a.htm[/url] So, we might as well bop over and get a definition for heresy as well- [url]http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07256b.htm#REF_VIII[/url] St. Thomas, you will see, has defined it as a form of infidelity. Useful in game! J As long as we are doing broad definitions, here is Wikipedias quickie tour of the four Inquisitions- [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition[/url] Notice one of the big differences you can have in your game world- “One common misconception is that the Church executed heretics. On rare occasions that did happen, but in most jurisdictions and at most times only the secular power had the authority to perform executions. The Church would declare the person a heretic, and when the state learned of a decision it chose to perform an execution.” Just to go ahead and get it out of the way, here is a run-down of the Galileo incident- [url]http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/node52.html[/url] In the 16 and 17 hundreds a lot of “witches” came under the attention of an inquisition- [url]http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/gage/inquis/c_reform.html[/url] A quick glance shows that these were not only used to root out witches but “to eliminate one's opponents, to silence critics, to extort money from potential victims, to strip dissenters of their lands and other possessions, to force women into unwanted sexual liaisons, to rid the community of old, frail, sick, or otherwise economically unproductive women, to enable a man to rid himself of an unwanted wife in an age when very, very few people could attain a divorce, and to acquire political power” Effective game-wise if ever anything was! J On another page, mostly a collection of snippets form other pages, we see a list of sentences handed down by Gui (more on him later) “Released from the obligation to wear crosses 132 Sentenced to pilgrimages, without wearing crosses 9 Released from prison 139 Sentenced to wear crosses 143 Imprisoned 307 Dead persons who would have been imprisoned 17 Abandoned to the secular Arm and burned at the stack (sic) 42 Dead persons, who would have been abandoned 3 Bones exhumed and burned 69 Fugitives, declared excommunicate 40 Sentenced to he exposed in the stocks or pillary 2 Priests sentenced to be degraded. 2 Exiled 1 Houses ordered demolished 22 Copies of the Talmud condemned and burned (2 cartloads) 1 Interdict removed 1” [url]http://jmgainor.homestead.com/files/PU/Inq/mi.htm[/url] The Medieval Sourcebook (why is it not in your favorites yet?) has a short page introducing the inquisitions- [url]http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/inquisition1.html[/url] And the we come to Bernard Gui, an old hand at all this torture and confessions stuff, he even wrote a manual for inquisitors- [url]http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/bernardgui-inq.html[/url] It really needs it’s language roughed up and left as a book in the hands of an ogre mage! We also have an example of an inq. Confession form Gui- [url]http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/heresy2.html[/url] Definitely a scary moment.. Here- [url]http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/clareno-inq.html[/url] we have a description fo torture used in the inquisition from a 13th century Franciscan monk. In part- “Driven out of his mind by anger, the inquisitor ordered that, dressed in a short tunic, the prisoner be put first in a bath of hot water, then of cold. Then, with a stone tied to his feet, he was raised up again, kept there for a while, and dropped again, and his shins were poked with reeds as sharp as swords. Again and again he was hauled up until, on the thirteenth elevation, the rope broke and he fell from a great height with the stone still tied to his feet. As that destroyer of the faithful stood looking at him, he lay there only half alive, with his body shattered. The treacherous man's servant's took the body and disposed of it in a cesspool.” A page full of confessions is here- [url]http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/english/Fournier/jfournhm.htm[/url] some great stuff! Here is a page of images from The Spanish Inq. These include torture and non-sexualized nudity, please be careful if you or your boss is offended- [url]http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/spanish-inquisition.htm[/url] and some images form auto-de-fes, meaning act of faith, where by one is burned- [url]http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/a/m/amw288/[/url] Here is a great page, complete with a “choose your own adventure” style inquisition J [url]http://www.sragg.de/Inquisition_E/index_englisch.htm[/url] contains not only that, but an etymology, a section on heretics, history and a link collection. A little flashy and broad, but that makes history fun. J And finally, the last word goes to Catholic.net, with their “Fact Vs. Fiction” section on the inquisitions- [url]http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96/article2.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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