| Summary: | Beyond catharism, the confessions in the inquisitorial registers of the thirteenth century contain minute details who give information about the body and the emotions: thanks to the described behaviours, we can observe sensitivities, gestures expressing for instance obedience or self-denial of bodies in lord's service. This essay is based on the fright that deponents confess they feel regarding their lord and who could have them lie when facing inquisitors. Basing also this research on the manifestations of fear with regard to the judicial power of the Inquisition, we have to bring to the fore the origin of such a power which induces obedience and puts a mark of dependence on bodies. The resort to other documents, administrative and literary, allows to put catharism and inquisitorial influence aside, and to understand how much bodies are dependent, subjects to an important power of coercion.
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