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During his papacy (1227-1241), widely acknowledged by scholars as the key moment for the birth of medieval inquisition, Gregory IX wrote more than 300 letters about heresy, antiheretical tasks and inquisition, collected and edited for the first time all togheter here in the second volume. This preliminary work offered the chance to analyse the devolopment of papal antiheretical efforts and to identify the most concerned areas and years of repression. Therefore, a variety of approaches adopted by the pope derived from different political situations and as a consequence it led to a rich and motley lexicon according to single issues and provinces. Furthermore it is also evident the evolution of the role played by members of the Order of the Preachers: during the 1220s they were involved in antiheretical preaching and reconciliation of those found infamous or guilty; later, during the 1240s some friars were committed as inquisitores haereticae pravitatis in southern France.

"The Nature of Nature explores how the natural world works, outlines the consequences of its unraveling by our activities, and offers practical solutions-with a description of societal and economic benefits. The first ten chapters of this book are a step-by-step crash course in ecology-you might call it "ecology for people in a hurry": what species do, how they co-exist, and how the natural world self-assembles and works, compared to our human-built environment-with ideas on how to run our society and economy more efficiently. Chapter 11 discusses the moral case for the conservation of life on Earth, because utility cannot be the only lens through which we see the world. In other words: Do other creatures have a right to exist, and why? And finally, Chapter 12 explains why it makes more economic sense to protect more of the natural world than to degrade it. By talking to the brain and the heart, and at the same time reaching into the pocket, this book illuminates an inner appreciation for all life on Earth, instills a greater sense of humility, and helps us understand why we need a world with wild places"--