A History of the Inquisition of Spain (Vol. 1-4) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete EditionBy Henry Charles Lea
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A History of the Inquisition of Spain (Vol. 1-4) is a monumental examination of the institutional, legal, theological, and political machinery of the Spanish Inquisition from its medieval antecedents through its long decline. Written in a rigorous documentary style, the work combines archival precision with broad historical synthesis, situating inquisitorial practice within the formation of the Spanish state, the persecution of conversos and Moriscos, censorship, and the entanglement of crown and church. Its prose is dense but lucid, characteristic of nineteenth-century positivist historiography at its most ambitious. Henry Charles Lea, an American historian and reform-minded intellectual, brought to the subject a lifelong fascination with ecclesiastical authority, legal procedure, and the history of intolerance. Though not a professional academic in the modern sense, he possessed extraordinary linguistic competence, archival discipline, and independence of judgment. His Protestant, liberal, and civic sensibilities helped shape his critical attention to coercive religious institutions, while his immense erudition kept the work from mere polemic. This four-volume history is recommended for readers seeking a foundational, deeply researched account of the Inquisition's structures and consequences. Specialists will value its documentary wealth; general readers with patience will find an enduring study of power, belief, bureaucracy, and repression.
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GenreHistory
Length112 hrs 48 mins
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Publish dateJul 17, 2020
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Table of contents
1Introduction
60CHAPTER II. FINES AND PENANCES.
2Volume 1
61CHAPTER III. DISPENSATIONS.
3BOOK I. ORIGIN AND ESTABLISHMENT.
62CHAPTER IV. BENEFICES.
4CHAPTER I. THE CASTILIAN MONARCHY.
63CHAPTER V. FINANCES.
5CHAPTER II. THE JEWS AND THE MOORS.
64BOOK VI. PRACTICE.
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6CHAPTER III. THE JEWS AND THE CONVERSOS. (pt. 1)
65CHAPTER I. THE EDICT OF GRACE.
7CHAPTER III. THE JEWS AND THE CONVERSOS. (pt. 2)
66CHAPTER II. THE INQUISITORIAL PROCESS.
8CHAPTER IV. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INQUISITION. (pt. 1)
67CHAPTER III. ARREST AND SEQUESTRATION.
9CHAPTER IV. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INQUISITION. (pt. 2)
68CHAPTER IV. THE SECRET PRISON.
10CHAPTER V. THE KINGDOMS OF ARAGON.
69CHAPTER V. EVIDENCE.
11BOOK II. RELATIONS WITH THE STATE.
70CHAPTER VI. CONFESSION.
12CHAPTER I. RELATIONS WITH THE CROWN. (pt. 1)
71APPENDIX OF DOCUMENTS. (pt. 1)
13CHAPTER I. RELATIONS WITH THE CROWN. (pt. 2)
72APPENDIX OF DOCUMENTS. (pt. 2)
14CHAPTER II. SUPEREMINENCE.
73Volume 3
15CHAPTER III. PRIVILEGES AND EXEMPTIONS.
74THE INQUISITION OF SPAIN.
16CHAPTER IV. CONFLICTING JURISDICTIONS. (pt. 1)
75BOOK VI. (Continued).
17CHAPTER IV. CONFLICTING JURISDICTIONS. (pt. 2)
76CHAPTER VII. TORTURE
18CHAPTER V. POPULAR HOSTILITY
77CHAPTER VIII. THE TRIAL
19APPENDIX.
78BOOK VII. PUNISHMENT.
20I. LIST OF TRIBUNALS.
79CHAPTER I. THE SENTENCE.
21II. LIST OF INQUISITORS-GENERAL.
80CHAPTER II. MINOR PENALTIES
22III. SPANISH COINAGE.
81CHAPTER III. HARSHER PENALTIES.
23DOCUMENTS. I.
82CHAPTER IV. THE STAKE.
24II. Edict of May 30, 1492, Regulating Settlements with the Expelled Jews.
83CHAPTER V. THE AUTO DE FE.
25III. Torquemada’s Instructions to Inquisitors, Dec., 1484.[1339]
84BOOK VIII. SPHERES OF ACTION.
26IV. Torquemada’s Instructions To Inquisitors, Jan., 1485.[1340]
85CHAPTER I. JEWS. (pt. 1)
27V. Instructions of Seville, 1500.[1341]
86CHAPTER I. JEWS. (pt. 2)
28VI. Extracts from the Register of the Receiver of Confiscations at Valencia, 1485–1486.
87CHAPTER II. MORISCOS.[867] (pt. 1)
29VII. Brief of Julius II Respecting the Troubles in Cordova.
88CHAPTER II. MORISCOS.[867] (pt. 2)
30VIII. Proposition Made in October, 1519, to Charles V to Compound for the Confiscations.
89CHAPTER III. PROTESTANTISM. (pt. 1)
31IX. Memorial from Granada to Charles V in 1526.
90CHAPTER III. PROTESTANTISM. (pt. 2)
32X. Bull of Sixtus IV, April 18 1482, Temporarily Reforming the Inquisition of Aragon.
91CHAPTER IV. CENSORSHIP. (pt. 1)
33XI. King Ferdinand to Pope Sixtus IV, May 13, 1482.
92CHAPTER IV. CENSORSHIP. (pt. 2)
34XII. Memoria de diversos Autos de Inquisicion celebrados en Çaragoça desde el ano 1484 asta el de 1502 en que se refieren las personas castigadas en ellos.[1344]
93APPENDIX. STATISTICS OF OFFENCES AND PENALTIES. (See p. 93).
35XIII. Letter of Carlos III to the Pope, December 26, 1774, asking him to concede the faculties of Inquisitor-general to Felipe Bertran, Bishop of Salamanca.
94DOCUMENTS. (pt. 1)
36XIV. Resignation of Inquisitor-general Sotomayor.
95DOCUMENTS. (pt. 2)
37XV. Extracts from the Consulta of the Council of the Inquisition, May 5, 1646, on the independent Superiority of Inquisitorial Jurisdiction over Officials.
96Volume 4
38XVI. Decree of Philip IV concerning Disobedience, March 26, 1633.
97THE INQUISITION OF SPAIN.
39XVII. Proclamation on the Arrival of an Inquisitor.
98BOOK VIII. (Continued).
40XVIII. Memoria de la Reforma de Ministros del Santo Oficio que hizo hacer el rey en 1646.
99CHAPTER V. MYSTICISM.[1] (pt. 1)
41XIX. Decree of Philip III on Quarrels between Bishops and Inquisitors. (pt. 1)
100CHAPTER V. MYSTICISM.[1] (pt. 2)
42XIX. Decree of Philip III on Quarrels between Bishops and Inquisitors. (pt. 2)
101CHAPTER VI. SOLICITATION
43Volume 2
102CHAPTER VII. PROPOSITIONS.
44THE INQUISITION OF SPAIN.
103CHAPTER VIII. SORCERY AND OCCULT ARTS.
45BOOK III. JURISDICTION.
104CHAPTER IX. WITCHCRAFT.
46CHAPTER I. HERESY.
105CHAPTER X. POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
47CHAPTER II. THE REGULAR ORDERS.
106CHAPTER XI. JANSENISM.
48CHAPTER III. BISHOPS.
107CHAPTER XII. FREE-MASONRY.
49CHAPTER IV. THE EDICT OF FAITH.
108CHAPTER XIII. PHILOSOPHISM.
50CHAPTER V. APPEALS TO ROME. (pt. 1)
109CHAPTER XIV. BIGAMY.
51CHAPTER V. APPEALS TO ROME. (pt. 2)
110CHAPTER XV. BLASPHEMY.
52BOOK IV. ORGANIZATION.
111CHAPTER XVI. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
53CHAPTER I. THE INQUISITOR-GENERAL AND SUPREME COUNCIL.
112BOOK IX. CONCLUSION.
54CHAPTER II. THE TRIBUNAL.
113CHAPTER I. DECADENCE AND EXTINCTION. (pt. 1)
55CHAPTER III. UNSALARIED OFFICIALS.
114CHAPTER I. DECADENCE AND EXTINCTION. (pt. 2)
56CHAPTER IV. LIMPIEZA.
115CHAPTER II. RETROSPECT. (pt. 1)
57BOOK V. RESOURCES.
116CHAPTER II. RETROSPECT. (pt. 2)
58CHAPTER I. CONFISCATION. (pt. 1)
117APPENDIX. (pt. 1)
59CHAPTER I. CONFISCATION. (pt. 2)
118APPENDIX. (pt. 2)
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