Behind Closed Doors: Women and the Inquisition
What was there to fear from a medieval inquisition? For the inquisitors, quite a lot.
It is a familiar image: a woman in distress, surrounded by men examining her soul in a dimly lit inquisitorial chamber. Fearing torture, she confesses to crimes she never committed.
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