There have been numerous studies in recent decades of the medieval inquisitions, most emphasizing larger social and political circumstances and neglecting the role of the inquisitors themselves. In this volume, Karen Sullivan sheds much-needed light on these individuals and reveals that they had choices-both the choice of whether to play a part in the orthodox repression of heresy and, more frequently, the choice of whether to approach heretics with zeal or with charity.

In successive chapters on key figures in the Middle Ages-Bernard of Clairvaux, Dominic Guzman, Conrad of...

"What would you do if your livelihood and enormous salary was hanging by a thread? Anything, right? This fictional book represents no particular person, living or dead. It has been knocking around in my head for ten years and has no intention to embarrass or even imply disrespect. It is a dream... perhaps a nightmare I once had. I wrote it for you... for the plane ride or that wait in the school line to pick up your children. I invite you to take a lighthearted mind trip with me; I am doubtful that 'E.' will change the way you look at people, but it will delight and amuse you Sometimes that...

When Catherine Kelley witnesses a 'shadowy' altercation in the building opposite her bakery, Cat's Cookies, she's concerned.
Her concern transforms into horror when Detective Jack Bradshaw reveals that a local businesswoman, Patricia Woods, has been murdered under suspicious circumstances. Cat knows that her eyewitness view of the crime will give her the edge in solving the case. Equipped with her determination to bring another Charleston murderer to justice, a bag full of White Choc Cherry Chunky cookies, and her newest sleuthing buddy, she sets off on another investigative journey. But...