1.the catholic church set up this court to deal harshly with false beliefs2.  what nation just across the england channel was england’s great rival in the high middle ages

The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the government system of the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy. It started in 12th-century France. It ended in the 19th century.

2. The nation is France. Those nations have had tense relationships for many centuries