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abuses accused appear Aragon Archbishop arrested authority auto de fe became bigotry bishops burning burnt Carranza Castile caused century Christian Church civil claimed condemned confession confiscation Conversos Cordova crime Crown cruelty death decree ducats duty ecclesiastical Edict of Faith evidence excommunicated exempt exile familiars favour Ferdinand and Isabella formal frequently galleys granted guilt heresy heretics Holy Office honour imprisonment inflicted Inquisitor-General Inquisitors Jewish Jews Judaism jurisdiction justice king large numbers lashes matter ment mercy Moorish Moors Moriscos number of persons obtained offence ordered Papal brief penalties penance penitents persecution Philip Philip II Pope Pope Sixtus IV practice priest prisoners privilege proceedings prohibited prosecution Protestantism Protestants punishment quarrels religion religious result Roman Inquisition Rome royal salaries san benito secular courts sentence Seville Spain Spanish Inquisition suffered suppression Suprema tion Toledo took Torquemada torture trial tribunal Valencia Valladolid victims whole witchcraft witnesses Ximenes zeal
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Page 78 - May they be cursed wherever they be, in the city or in the country, in eating and in drinking, in waking and in sleeping, in living and in dying. May the fruits of their lands be accursed, and the cattle thereof. May God send them hunger and pestilence to consume them. May they be a scorn to their enemies and be abhorred of all men. May the devil be at their right hand. When they come to judgment may they be condemned. May they be driven from their homes. May their enemies take their possessions...
Page 96 - ... fortunes and their own at the end' of the fifteenth, and the beginning of the sixteenth centuries in all the courts of western Europe.
Page 6 - ... civil dignities, and made great advances in various departments of letters. The schools of Cordova, Toledo, Barcelona, and Granada were crowded with numerous disciples, who emulated the Arabians in keeping alive the flame of learning during the deep darkness of the Middle ages. Whatever may be thought of their success in speculative philosophy, they cannot reasonably be denied to have contributed largely to practical and experimental science.
Page 54 - Torquemada being informed of their inclinations, had the boldness to appear before them with a crucifix in his hand, and to address them in these words : — " Judas sold his master for thirty pieces of silver, your highnesses are about to do the same for thirty thousand ; behold him, take him, and hasten to sell him.
Page 78 - May their wives and children rise up against them and be orphans and beggars with none to assist them in their need. May their wickedness ever be remembered in the presence of God. May they be accursed with all the curses of the Old Covenant and of the New. May the curse of Sodom and Gomorrah overtake them and its fire burn them. May the earth swallow them alive, like Dathan and Abiram for the sin of disobedience. May they be accursed as Lucifer, with all the devils of hell, where they may remain...
Page 119 - In fact, the dissociation of religion from morals — the incon- \ gruous connection of ardent zeal for dogma with laxity of life — ' was stimulated by the Inquisition. As we have seen, it paid no attention to morals and thus taught the lesson that they were unimportant in comparison with accuracy of belief. No matter how dissolute was the conduct of the confessor with his spiritual daughters, he was safe so long as he did not commit a technical transgression inferring suspicion of misbelief as...
Page 78 - When they come to judgement may they be condemned! May they be driven from their homes, may their enemies take their possessions and prevail against them! May their wives and children rise against them and be orphans and beggars with none to assist them in their need! May their wickedness ever be remembered in the presence of God! May they be accursed with all the curses of the Old Covenant and of the New! May the curse of Sodom and Gomorrah overtake them and its fire burn them! May the earth swallow...
Page 78 - Pharaoh come upon them [heretics], because they disobey the commandments of God! May they be accursed wherever they be, in the city or in the country, in eating and in drinking, in waking and in sleeping, in living and in dying ! May the fruits of their lands be accursed and the cattle thereof! May God send them hunger and pestilence to consume them ! May they be a scorn to their enemies, and be abhorred of all men ! May the devil be at their right, hand ! When they come to...
Page 78 - Mother Church. And we order all the faithful to hold them as such and to curse them so that they may fall into the wrath and indignation of Almighty God. May all the curses and plagues of Egypt which befell King Pharaoh come upon them because they disobey the commandments of God ! May they be accursed wherever they be, in the city, or in the country, in eating and in drinking, in waking and in sleeping, in living and in dying!
Page 6 - In the practice of medicine, indeed, they became so expert as, in a manner, to monopolize that profession. They made great proficiency in mathematics, and particularly in astronomy; while, in the cultivation of elegant letters, they revived the ancient glories of the Hebrew muse.