. In medieval Latin, the term inquisitio generally conveyed the sense of investigation or inquest. Charlemagne’s agents, the missi dominici, conducted inquests; William the Conqueror’s survey that produced Domesday Book was an inquisitio....

The long history of the Inquisition divides easily into two major parts: its creation by the medieval papacy in the early thirteenth century, and its transformation between 1478 and 1542 into permanent governmental bureaucracies—the Spanish,...

Inquisition (capitalised I) is broadly used in reference to the judgment of heresy by the Roman Catholic Church. It can mean an ecclesiastical tribunal or institution of the Roman Catholic Church for combating or suppressing heresy, a number of...

Events outpace the written word, showing no mercy for the self-assured. Writing on the Web site Counterpunch.com, Greg C. Estabrook recently suggested that the new Pope might emulate his immediate namesake, Benedict XV, who was "known for three things-putting an end to an intellectual witch-hunt...

Ecuador's new leftist government has set up a truth commission to investigate alleged human rights abuses committed over the last 27 years, particularly during the right-wing administration of former President Leon Febres Cordero.President Rafael Correa said Thursday that the four-member commission _ composed of a...

The chicken toss has been declared off limits at Kansas State. For years, Kansas State students have smuggled live chickens into basketball games against Kansas, then thrown them onto the court and behind the opposing bench before tip-off _ mocking their rival's Jayhawk mascot.But an...

Michael Vick was attentive and inquisitive during an eight-hour class in empathy and animal protection at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals headquarters, a PETA spokesman said Tuesday.Dan Shannon was with the suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback for the duration of the class, taught by...