COMPOSED FROM THE
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS OF THE ARCHIVES OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL,
AND FROM THOSE OF SUBORDINATE TRIBUNALS
OF THE HOLY OFFICE.
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ABRIDGED AND TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL WORKS OF
D. JUAN ANTONIO LLORENTE,
FORMERLY SECRETARY OF THE INQUISITION,
CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO, KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF CHARLES III.,
&c. &c. &c.
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SECOND EDITION.
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LONDON:
PRINTED FOR GEO. B. WHITTAKER,
AVE-MARIA-LANE.
MDCCCXXVII.
LONDON:
Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES,
Stamford Street.
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CHAPTER I.—First Epoch of the Church till the Conversion of the Emperor Constantine | 1 |
CHAP II.—Establishment of a General Inquisition against Heretics in the Thirteenth Century | 12 |
CHAP III.—Of the Ancient Inquisition of Spain | 16 |
CHAP IV.—Of the Government of the Old Inquisition | 20 |
CHAP V.—Establishment of the Modern Inquisition in Spain | 30 |
CHAP VI.—Creation of a Grand Inquisitor-general—of a Royal Council of the Inquisition—of Subaltern Tribunals and Organic Laws—Establishment of the Holy Office in Aragon | 39 |
CHAP VII.—Additional Acts to the First Constitution of the Holy Office—Consequences of them, and Appeals to Rome against them | 46 |
CHAP VIII.—Expulsion of the Jews—Proceedings against Bishops—Death of Torquemada | 53 |
CHAP IX.—Of the Procedure of the Modern Inquisition | 59 |
CHAP X.—Of the principal Events during the Ministry of the Inquisitors Deza and Cisneros | 71 |
CHAP XI.—An Attempt made by the Cortes of Castile and Aragon to reform the Inquisition—Of the principal Events under Adrian, fourth Inquisitor-general | 84 |
CHAP XII.—Conduct of the Inquisitors towards the Morescoes | 94 |
CHAP XIII.—Of the Prohibition of Books and other Articles | 100 |
CHAP XIV.—Particular Trials for Suspicion of Lutheranism, and some other Crimes | 113 |
CHAP XV.—Prosecution of Sorcerers, Magicians, Enchanters, Necromancers, and others | 129 |
CHAP XVI.—Of the Trial of the false Nuncio of Portugal, and other important Events during the time of Cardinal Tabera, sixth Inquisitor-general | 142 |
CHAP XVII.—Of the Inquisitions of Naples, Sicily, and Malta, and of the Events of the Time of Cardinal Loaisa, seventh Inquisitor-general | 157 |
CHAP XVIII.—Of important Events during the first years of the Administration of the eighth Inquisitor-general—Religion of Charles V. during the last years of his Life | 164 |
CHAP XIX.—Of the Proceedings against Charles V. and Philip II. as Schismatics and Favourers of Heresy—Progress of the Inquisition under the last of these Princes—Consequences of the particular Favour which he shewed towards it | 179 |
CHAP XX.—The Inquisition celebrates at Valladolid, in 1559, two Autos-da-fé against the Lutherans, in the Presence of some Members of the Royal Family | 196 |
CHAP XXI.—History of two Autos-da-fé, celebrated against the Lutherans in the City of Seville | 212 |
CHAP XXII.—Of the Ordinances of 1561, which have been followed in the Proceedings of the Holy Office, until the present Time | 227 |
CHAP XXIII.—Of some Autos-da-fé celebrated in Murcia | 253 |
CHAP XXIV.—Of the Autos-da-fé celebrated by the Inquisitions of Toledo, Saragossa, Valencia, Logroño, Grenada, Cuença, and Sardinia, during the Reign of Philip II. | 269 |
CHAP XXV.—Of the Learned Men who have been persecuted by the Inquisition | 277 |
CHAP XXVI.—Offences committed by the Inquisitors against the Royal Authority and Magistrates | 323 |
CHAP XXVII.—Of the Trials of several Sovereigns and Princes undertaken by the Inquisition | 347 |
CHAP XXVIII.—Of the Conduct of the Holy Office towards those Priests who abused the Sacrament of Confession | 355 |
CHAP XXIX.—Of the Trials instituted by the Inquisition against the Prelates and Spanish Doctors of the Council of Trent | 357 |
CHAP XXX.—Of the Prosecution of several Saints and Holy Persons by the Inquisition | 371 |
CHAP XXXI.—Of the celebrated Trial of Don Carlos, Prince of the Asturias | 377 |
CHAP XXXII.—Trial of the Archbishop of Toledo | 409 |
CHAP XXXIII.—Continuation of the Trial, until the Archbishop went to Rome | 442 |
CHAP XXXIV.—End of the Trial of Carranza—His Death | 459 |
CHAP XXXV.—Trial of Antonio Perez, Minister and First Secretary of State to Philip II. | 472 |
CHAP XXXVI.—Of several Trials occasioned by that of Antonio Perez. | 488 |
CHAP XXXVII.—Of the principal Events in the Inquisition during the Reign of Philip III. | 500 |
CHAP XXXVIII.—Of the Trials and Autos-da-fé during the Reign of Philip IV. | 502 |
CHAP XXXIX.—The Inquisition during the Reign of Charles II. | 512 |
CHAP XL.—Of the Inquisition in the Reign of Philip V. | 518 |
CHAP XLI.—Of the Inquisition during the Reign of Ferdinand VI. | 524 |
CHAP XLII.—Of the Inquisition under Charles III. | 539 |
CHAP XLIII.—Of the Spanish Inquisition under Charles IV. | 546 |
CHAP XLIV.—Of the Inquisition during the Reign of Ferdinand VII. | 565 |
Number of The Victims of The Inquisition. | 575 |
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