Medieval Inquisition (jan 1, 1184 – jan 1, 1240)

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Moral misbehavior and heresy, by the folk and clerics, were prosecuted by inquisitorial courts that were composed of both church and civil authorities. The Medieval Inquisition includes the Episcopal Inquisition (1184–1230) and the Papal Inquisition (1230s–1240s), though these courts had no actual joint leadership or organization. Created as needed, they were not permanent institutions but were limited to specific times and places.
Medieval inquisitors did not possess absolute power, nor were they universally supported. Riots and public opposition formed as inquisition became stridently contested both in and outside the Church. The universities of Oxford and Prague produced some of the church's greatest inquisitorial experts as well as some of its most bitter foes.

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