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Did the Catholic Church have a police force in the medieval period?
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Hans-Georg Lundahl

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No, the Inquisition was a judge force.

It may now and then have improvised some kind of secret police, but the first instance I am aware of is in connexion with Galileo, after the Medieval period.

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What did they call the police in medieval times?
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Hans-Georg Lundahl

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Burghers.

People living in the cities were doing their own policing.

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James Hough

I work in my parish as a sacristan, adult teacher for RCIA, Catechism, prayer

Answered 9m ago

Did the Catholic Church have a police force in the medieval period?

The Catholic Church has pretty much been a world wide organization since the Apostles traveled to the Far East and all through Europe and Africa. There is no single “the Catholic Church.

BUT, if you are talking about the Diocese of Rome, the Pope’s own diocese, he owned the entire of central Italy from the fifth century through the late 19th century, these were known as the Papal States, and of course, they had their own police force.

The Vatican itself, has had its private police force since 1506, which was after the Medieval period. They still have them, the Swiss Guard.

Hans-Georg Lundahl

3m ago

Why would the Papal states have had any police force prior to 1506 or even then?

Swiss guards were palace security guards, not urban police.

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James Hough

Original Author

Thu

Hi Hans-Georg,

The Papal states were an entire country! You can’t run a country without a police force of some kind.

Pax,

James

Hans-Georg Lundahl

Just now

"You can’t run a country without a police force of some kind."

False.

Ancient Rome as well as Medieval Europe had no police forces.

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Thank God!