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Post by rebel2020 on Feb 4, 2020 17:35:49 GMT
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Post by Big Lin on Feb 5, 2020 0:01:33 GMT
Yes, it is a bit pricey. Spee was one of the first on the Continent (Reginald Scot raised the alarm earlier in Britain) to show up the appalling miscarriages of justice carried out during the witch hunts.
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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on Feb 6, 2020 19:05:49 GMT
Religion was the basis for so many evil deeds in the Middle Ages. Regardless of whether Christian, Protestant, or Catholic), Muslim, or whatever, there was plenty of evil doing to go around. One of the worst examples would be the persecution of the Cathars in southwestern France. The Cathars were a religious sect with very strict behavioral standards. Just following their rules would have taken much of the fun out of liffe for a Cathar. To make matters worse, Pope Innocent III (what a name for a butcher) labeled them heretics and ordered genocide for them. To defend themselves they built castles on the steepest mountain tops and built the walled city of Carcassone. Cathar doctrine ridiculed Catholic doctrine which angered the Pope. So he ordered their extermination forming a crusade for that purpose. This was in the 13th century. When the crusaders were about to enter one of the largest Cathar controlled cities, the pope ordered all the Cathars to be killed. This caused the crusade leadership to inquire as to how they were to identify which of the citizens were Cathars. Only about half the population were Cathars and they certainly weren't expected to give themselves a death sentence by identifying themselves as Cathars. The Pope's reply was to "Let God decide." In other words he ordered the crusaders to eliminate the entire population thus insuring that all of the Cathars would be exterminated. Read more: biglinmarshall.proboards.com/posts/recent#ixzz6DCbuUem5
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Post by mikemarshall on Feb 6, 2020 22:30:30 GMT
Religion was the basis for so many evil deeds in the Middle Ages. Regardless of whether Christian, Protestant, or Catholic), Muslim, or whatever, there was plenty of evil doing to go around. One of the worst examples would be the persecution of the Cathars in southwestern France. The Cathars were a religious sect with very strict behavioral standards. Just following their rules would have taken much of the fun out of liffe for a Cathar. To make matters worse, Pope Innocent III (what a name for a butcher) labeled them heretics and ordered genocide for them. To defend themselves they built castles on the steepest mountain tops and built the walled city of Carcassone. Cathar doctrine ridiculed Catholic doctrine which angered the Pope. So he ordered their extermination forming a crusade for that purpose. This was in the 13th century. When the crusaders were about to enter one of the largest Cathar controlled cities, the pope ordered all the Cathars to be killed. This caused the crusade leadership to inquire as to how they were to identify which of the citizens were Cathars. Only about half the population were Cathars and they certainly weren't expected to give themselves a death sentence by identifying themselves as Cathars. The Pope's reply was to "Let God decide." In other words he ordered the crusaders to eliminate the entire population thus insuring that all of the Cathars would be exterminated. Read more: biglinmarshall.proboards.com/posts/recent#ixzz6DCbuUem5Very true, Das.
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