A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume I
CHAPTER IX.--THE INQUISITORIAL PROCESS.
Inquisitor both Judge and Confessor 399
Difficulty of Proving Heresy 400
The Inquisitorial Process universally Employed 401
Age of Responsibility.--Proceedings in _Absentia_.--The Dead 402
All Safeguards Withdrawn.--Secrecy of Procedure 405
Confession not Requisite for Conviction 407
Importance Attached to Confession 408
Interrogatory of the Accused 410
Resources for Extracting Confession.--Deceit 414
Irregular Tortures, Mental and Physical.--Delays 417
Formal Torture 421
Restricted by Clement V. 424
Rules for its Employment 426
Retraction of Confessions 428