A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume I
CHAPTER XI.--THE DEFENCE.
Opportunity of Defence Reduced to a Minimum 443
Denial of Counsel 444
Malice of Witnesses the only Defence 446
Prosecution of the Dead 448
Defence practically Impossible.--Appeals 449
Condemnation virtually Inevitable 453
Suspicion of Heresy.--Light, Vehement, and Violent 454
Purgation by Conjurators 455
Abjuration 457