Their viciousness during the Inquisition got them called "hunting dogs of God," a Latin pun.
Their viciousness during the Inquisition got them called "hunting dogs of God," a Latin pun. One of them, Riccoldo di Monte Croce, wrote a refutation of the Koran in 1320, one of the only medieval works based directly on Arabic sources. Created by Innocent III, they practiced strict poverty and included women from the start, rejecting abbeys for convents. They were given special authority to start up crusades against Muslims, Livonians and heretics and their ranks included Albertus Magnus. For ten points, name this order whose namesake saint sent them out to spread the Gospel.
Their viciousness during the Inquisition got them called "hunting dogs of God," a Latin pun.
{Dominicans} or Order of the {Friars Preachers}