The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies

Sicily, Naples, Sardinia, Milan, the Canaries, Mexico, Peru, New Granada

Henry Charles Lea author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:10th Jun '10

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Based on primary sources, this is a detailed account of the Inquisition in Italy, Spain and South America.

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 places including Sicily and Naples, Mexico, Peru and the Philippines.Henry 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.

ISBN: 9781108014588

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 33mm

Weight: 730g

584 pages