There was no art to which he did not resort for the purpose of making her unfaithful.

But “Inquisition” can also mean a new kind of legal process that, when the pope introduced it in the thirteenth century, was one of the greatest leaps forward in legal history. Among its innovations was the office of state prosecutor. Investigations were now initiated by this office, and not – as had previously been the case – purely on the grounds of an accusation.

First, there was the Medieval Inquisition, which was largely used to prosecute the Cathars.

In the moral theology of the nineteenth century, kissing with tongues was a mortal sin "in intent and in the deed itself.