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Loading... Frontiers of Heresy: The Spanish Inquisition from the Basque Lands to Sicilyby E. William Monter
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A thorough-going study of the way the Inquisition dealt with a variety of offenses,including relapsed converts from Judaism and Islam, witchcraft and sodomy. i bought it chiefly for the chapter on witchcraft, which makes clear that both before and after the career of the famous Salazar "the witches' advocate" the inquisition had no enthusiasm for pursuing witches. in general it was not strong on convicting anyone, apparently, and very strog on limiting torture and execution --it spent a lot of time handing out penances and other minor penaltes. On te other hand, some of the local authroties were very zealous in pursuing, torturting and urming witches, a condition Salazatrs famous report did nothing to stop. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Frontiers of Heresy is among the first major English-language contributions to the history of the Spanish Inquisition since Henry Charles Lea completed his classic curvey eighty years ago. Focusing on the lands beyond Castile, Professor Monter analyzes the activities of the Holy Office during an 'Aragonese Century' (1530-1630) when these frontier tribunals were its most active elements. This 'other' Spanish Inquisition virtually ignored converted Jews and their descendants, but brutally harassed Moriscos and immigrant workers from France; it executed nearly as many people for sodomy as for heresy. Despite opposition from local elites, the Inquisition performed many services for the king, sending thousands of heretics to the galleys and even capturing horse-smugglers along the Pyrenees. Frontiers of Heresy is based upon an immense variety of archival sources, and represents a significant reappraisal of one of the most important yet misunderstood institutions of early modern Europe. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)272.2Religions History, geographic treatment, biography of Christianity Persecutions Heretics by Inquisition for Holy Office (Since 1470)LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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