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The Spanish Inquisition, 1478-1614 [electronic resource] : an anthology of sources / edited and translated by Lu Ann Homza

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Indianapolis : Hackett Pub Co., [2006]
Copyright Date
©2006
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1 online resource (xlv, 272 pages) : map
Additional Creators
Homza, Lu Ann, 1958-
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Contents
The First Years of the Inquisition. Document 1: Recollections of the reign of the Catholic kings / Andrés Bernáldez -- Document 2: Establishing the Inquisition in the Kingdom of Aragón -- The Inquisition's first targets : Judaizing conversos in Castile, 1484-1513. Document 3: Inquisition proceedings against Isabel, wife of Bachiller Lope de la Higuera, 1484 -- Document 4: Inquisition Trial of Pedro de Villegas, 1483-1484 -- Document 5: Inquisition Trial of Marina González, 1494 -- Document 6: Inquisition trial of María Gonzalez, wife of Pedro de Villarreal. Ciudad Real, 1511-1513 -- Codification. Document 7: Instructions of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, handled summarily, both old and new, part I / Gaspar Isidro de Argüello -- The Alumbrados in Castile, 1525-1532. Document 8: 1525 Inquisition edict on the Alumbrados -- Document 9: Letter from Friar Francisco Ortiz to Inquisitor-General Alonso Manrique, April 9, 1529, composed inside the Toledo Tribunal of the Inquisition -- Document 10: Testimony by Francisca Hernández, June 2, 1531 -- Document 11: Summary of the prosecutor's accusation against Antonio de Medrano. Toledo Tribunal -- Document 12: Excerpts from the trial of María de Cazalla, 1532- 1534 -- Pondering witchcraft. Document 13: Deliberations on the reality and heresy of witchcraft, 1526 -- The Inquisition at mid-century : blasphemers, hypocrites, Protestants. Document 14: Trial of Catalina Díaz, wife of Juan Becervil, for blasphemy, penanced May 17, 1543 -- Document 15: Trial of Diego de Almodovar penanced for blasphemy, 1545 -- Document 16: Heresy and false sanctity of Magdalena de la Cruz, 1544-46 -- Document 17: Letters from the Suprema, Inquisitor-General Fernando de Valdés, and Philip II on Protestants in the 1550s -- Document 18: Documents pertaining to the trial of Archbishop Bartolomé Carranza --Document 19: Prohibited books -- Structure, process, routine. Document 20: Instructions of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, handled summarily, both old and new, part II : The "new instructions" of 1561 / Gaspar Isidro de Argüello -- Document 21: Excerpts from the visitation records of the prison in the Tribunal of Córdoba, 1569 -- The Moriscos. Document 22: Auto de fe celebrated in Granada, March 18, 1571 -- Document 23: Letter from the Granada Tribunal to the Suprema, December 12, 1574 -- The Inquisition in the last decades of the sixteenth century. Document 24: Scandalous propositions. Friar Juan Baustista de Cubas, Monastery of San Lorenzo el Real. penanced, 1581 -- Document 25: Sentence of Catalina Muñoz for false sanctity, 1588 -- Document 26: Auto de fe celebrated in Granada, May 27, 1593.
Summary
This collection of previously untranslated court documents, testimonials, and letters portrays the Spanish Inquisition in vivid detail, offering fresh perspectives on such topics as the Inquisition's persecution of Jews and Muslims, the role of women in Spanish religious culture, the Inquisition's construction and persecution of witchcraft, daily life inside an Inquisition prison, and the relationship between the Inquisition and the Spanish monarchy.
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ISBN
9781603840118 (electronic bk.)
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AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Technical Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Class of 1935 Libraries Endowment; 2013
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Class of 1935 Libraries Endowment
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