Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Pope Innocent IV
Standard Name: Innocent IV, Pope
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15 May 1252: Pope Innocent IV, in his bull Ad exstirpanda,...
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15 May 1252
Pope Innocent IV
, in his bull Ad exstirpanda, authorized the Inquisition
's use of torture as a means of eliciting information and confessions from suspected heretics.