The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies: Sicily, Naples, Sardinia, Milan, the Canaries, Mexico, Peru, New GranadaHenry Charles Lea's account of the Inquisition in Italy, Spain and South America was first published in 1908. Drawing on primary source material, the American historian gives a detailed account of the workings of the Inquisition and its individual tribunals in Sicily, Naples, Sardinia and Milan. He also describes the Inquisition in Malta, the Canary Islands, Mexico, Peru, New Granada and the Philippines. According to Lea the Inquisition persisted from the sixteenth right up to the nineteenth century. He demonstrates how some of the individuals entrusted with implementing the Inquisition abused their powers, and how the Inquisition in the Spanish colonies prevented the efficient running of governmental administrations. He focuses on some of the consequences of the Inquisition: Jews were banished from Naples, there were moves to exclude new Christians from the Church in Mexico, and the mysticism practised in New Granada was considered a grave threat to the Church. |
Contents
Chapter ISicily | 1 |
It gradually becomes efficient | 7 |
Complaints of Sicilian Parliament | 13 |
Renewed Complaints of the Parliament | 21 |
Enormous Increase in Number of Familiars | 27 |
Distance renders it partially Independent 203 | 28 |
Increased Aggressiveness of the Tribunal | 33 |
The Inquisition under Austrian RuleAuto de Fe of 1724 | 42 |
Auto de Fe of 1659 | 234 |
Inertia during the Rest of the Century | 240 |
Quarrels with BishopsCase of Bishop Palafox | 257 |
Exemption from Military Service | 263 |
Decadence of the Tribunal | 269 |
Prosecution of Miguel Hidalgo | 276 |
Suppression in 1813 | 288 |
Extinction in 1820 | 297 |
Episcopal Inquisition under Bishop Cubelles | 45 |
Refugees from Spain | 51 |
Popular Opposition becomes uncontrollable | 58 |
Inertness of the Papal Inquisition | 65 |
Tentative Efforts create popular Excitement | 71 |
Recrudescence of PersecutionThe Roman Inquisition tacitly | 78 |
The Apulian Waldenses | 85 |
Gradual EncroachmentA Commissioner of the Roman Inqui | 92 |
Commissioner Piazza banished in 1671 | 99 |
Episcopal Inquisition suppressedArchbishop Spinelli forced | 107 |
Decadent condition of the tribunal | 114 |
Chapter IVMilan | 121 |
abandons the Project | 128 |
The Roman Inquisition perfectedIts Struggle to exclude Swiss | 135 |
PAGE | 139 |
It is reorganized in 1567 and rendered independent of Seville | 145 |
Prosecution of escaped Negro and Moorish Slaves | 152 |
Prosecution of Judaizers | 158 |
Sorcery and Superstitions | 165 |
Censorship | 176 |
Popular hostilityOpposition to Sanbenitos in Churches | 188 |
Episcopal Inquisition | 197 |
Autos of 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1590 1596 and 1601 | 207 |
Comparative Inaction in the first Half of the Seventeenth Century | 226 |
Trivial Results | 304 |
Audacity of the Commissioners | 311 |
Records burnt in 1763 | 317 |
The Tribunal established January 29 1570 | 326 |
Supervision over Foreigners | 332 |
FinancesInitial PovertySpeedy Growth of Confiscations | 342 |
Abusive use of arbitrary Power | 355 |
Paralysis of the TribunalPurchase of Offices | 372 |
Conflicts of Jurisdictions | 382 |
Quarrels of Inquisitor Amusqufbar with Archbishop Barroeta | 389 |
Punishments 437 | 437 |
Censorship | 444 |
Reestablishment in 1815 290 | 448 |
Work accomplished | 451 |
Extent of DistrictAttempt to include Florida | 457 |
InertiaSack of Cartagena in 1697 | 467 |
Quarrels with the Authorities | 473 |
Visitation of Dr Martin Real in 1643Its Failure | 480 |
Internal and external Quarrels continue | 488 |
Humiliation of Governor Ceballos | 498 |
The Revolutionary Junta banishes the Tribunal in 1810 | 506 |
Appendix op Documents | 517 |
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