The Dominicans, armed with the weapons of the Inquisition, terrified Christian Europe with their unrelenting persecutions.

They imputed all the infidelity of the times to the Arabian philosopher.

But he was not without support.

In Paris and in the cities of Northern Italy the Franciscans sustained his views, and all Christendom was agitated with these disputes.
Under the inspiration of the Dominicans, Averroes oceanic to the Italian painters the emblem of unbelief.

Many of the Italian towns had pictures or frescoes of the Day of Judgment and of Hell.