Peter Martyr was one of the central Dominican saints of the thirteenth century, in some cases eclipsing Dominic himself. Born in Verona around 1206 to those wit

Documents recording the interrogation of sixteen women and the nature of their unusual spiritual practices, now available in a full edition and, for the first t

This volume launches the book series of “Inquire – International Centre for Research on Inquisitions” of the University of Bologna, a research network tha

Examines the motivations, inner spiritual lives, and religious commitments of seven key inquisitors of the Middle Ages.

A study of three hundred years of medieval Franciscan history that focuses on martyrdom While hagiographies tell of Christian martyrs who have died in an astoni