A History of the Inquisition of Spain (Vol. 1-4) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete EditionBy Henry Charles Lea
Length112h 48m
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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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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 17, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Volume 1
3BOOK I. ORIGIN AND ESTABLISHMENT.
4CHAPTER I. THE CASTILIAN MONARCHY.
5CHAPTER II. THE JEWS AND THE MOORS.
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6CHAPTER III. THE JEWS AND THE CONVERSOS. (pt. 1)
7CHAPTER III. THE JEWS AND THE CONVERSOS. (pt. 2)
8CHAPTER IV. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INQUISITION. (pt. 1)
9CHAPTER IV. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INQUISITION. (pt. 2)
10CHAPTER V. THE KINGDOMS OF ARAGON.
11BOOK II. RELATIONS WITH THE STATE.
12CHAPTER I. RELATIONS WITH THE CROWN. (pt. 1)
13CHAPTER I. RELATIONS WITH THE CROWN. (pt. 2)
14CHAPTER II. SUPEREMINENCE.
15CHAPTER III. PRIVILEGES AND EXEMPTIONS.
16CHAPTER IV. CONFLICTING JURISDICTIONS. (pt. 1)
17CHAPTER IV. CONFLICTING JURISDICTIONS. (pt. 2)
18CHAPTER V. POPULAR HOSTILITY
19APPENDIX.
20I. LIST OF TRIBUNALS.
21II. LIST OF INQUISITORS-GENERAL.
22III. SPANISH COINAGE.
23DOCUMENTS. I.
24II. Edict of May 30, 1492, Regulating Settlements with the Expelled Jews.
25III. Torquemada’s Instructions to Inquisitors, Dec., 1484.[1339]
26IV. Torquemada’s Instructions To Inquisitors, Jan., 1485.[1340]
27V. Instructions of Seville, 1500.[1341]
28VI. Extracts from the Register of the Receiver of Confiscations at Valencia, 1485–1486.
29VII. Brief of Julius II Respecting the Troubles in Cordova.
30VIII. Proposition Made in October, 1519, to Charles V to Compound for the Confiscations.
31IX. Memorial from Granada to Charles V in 1526.
32X. Bull of Sixtus IV, April 18 1482, Temporarily Reforming the Inquisition of Aragon.
33XI. King Ferdinand to Pope Sixtus IV, May 13, 1482.
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]
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.
36XIV. Resignation of Inquisitor-general Sotomayor.
37XV. Extracts from the Consulta of the Council of the Inquisition, May 5, 1646, on the independent Superiority of Inquisitorial Jurisdiction over Officials.
38XVI. Decree of Philip IV concerning Disobedience, March 26, 1633.
39XVII. Proclamation on the Arrival of an Inquisitor.
40XVIII. Memoria de la Reforma de Ministros del Santo Oficio que hizo hacer el rey en 1646.
41XIX. Decree of Philip III on Quarrels between Bishops and Inquisitors. (pt. 1)
42XIX. Decree of Philip III on Quarrels between Bishops and Inquisitors. (pt. 2)
43Volume 2
44THE INQUISITION OF SPAIN.
45BOOK III. JURISDICTION.
46CHAPTER I. HERESY.
47CHAPTER II. THE REGULAR ORDERS.
48CHAPTER III. BISHOPS.
49CHAPTER IV. THE EDICT OF FAITH.
50CHAPTER V. APPEALS TO ROME. (pt. 1)
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