When these two men saw that the people supported them in this manner, they kept on going further and seized whomever they wished in whatever city or village they wanted.
They condemned many people who in the hour of death called upon Lord Jesus Christ with all of their hearts, and implored the aid of the holy mother of God and of all the saints even while they were in the blazing fire.
[7] The Chronicon claims that they received support from King Henry (VII) of Germany after telling him that "if we burn many rich people, you will have their goods.
Conrad of Marburg took on the authority to both investigate and judge cases of heresy, making him by some measure the first true inquisitor.
According to the Annales Erphordenses, Conrad Dorso brought the news to Gregory IX in Rome.
[14] Although Gregory had been preparing to condemn Conrad of Marburg's procedures as "invalid", he changed his mind after learning of the murder.