Category: History - European
In the following pages I have sought to trace, from the original sources as far as possible, the character and career of an institution which exercised no small influence on the fate of Spain and even, one may say, indirectly on the civilized world. The material for this is pr...
The preceding chapters illustrate some of the causes that provoked popular hatred of the Inquisition, but these were by no means all. It enjoyed, as we have said, enthusiastic s...
20. CHAPTER IV.The principal source of strife between the Inquisition and the other authorities arose from its claim to exclusive competence in all cases involving those connected with it and...
15. CHAPTER IV.Much as the Conversos had gained, from a worldly point of view, by their change of religion, their position, in one respect, as we have seen, was seriously deteriorated. As Jews...
14. CHAPTER III.To appreciate properly the position of the Jews in Spain, it is requisite first to understand the light in which they were regarded elsewhere throughout Christendom during the m...
17. CHAPTER I.What gave to the Spanish Inquisition its peculiar and terrible efficiency were the completeness of its organization and its combination of the mysterious authority of the Church...
16. CHAPTER V.The Crown of Aragon comprised the so-called kingdoms of Aragon and Valencia, the principality of Catalonia, the counties of Rosellon and Cerdana, and the Balearic Isles, with th...
19. CHAPTER III.Before the Revolution introduced the theory of equality, class privileges were the rule. The public burdens were eluded by those best able to bear them and were accumulated on t...
22. Book XVIII, Chap 3.The Licenciado Ortuño Ibañez de Aguirre was a layman whom Ferdinand forced into the Suprema against the earnest resistance of its members, probably with the view of screening Lu...
13. CHAPTER II.The influences under which human character can be modified, for good or for evil, are abundantly illustrated in the conversion of the Spaniards from the most tolerant to the mos...
12. CHAPTER I.It were difficult to exaggerate the disorder pervading the Castilian kingdoms, when the Spanish monarchy found its origin in the union of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Ar...
18. CHAPTER II.When the Inquisition, as we have seen, arrogated to itself almost an equality with the sovereign, it necessarily assumed supremacy over all other bodies in the State. Spain had...
1. VOLUME I.In the following pages I have sought to trace, from the original sources as far as possible, the character and career of an institution which exercised no small influence on the...
10. CHAPTER IV--CONFLICTING JURISDICTIONS.Benefit of Clergy 427 Ferdinand grants to the Inquisition exclusive Jurisdiction over its Officials 429 He confines it to Salaried Officials in criminal Actions and as Defendant...
5. CHAPTER IV--ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INQUISITION.Doubtful Christianity of the Conversos 145 Inquisition attempted in 1451 147 Alonso de Espina and his _Fortalicium Fidei_ 148 Episcopal Inquisition attempted in 1465 153 Sixtus...
6. CHAPTER V--THE KINGDOMS OF ARAGON.Independent Institutions of Aragon 229 Ferdinand seeks to remodel the Old Inquisition 230 Sixtus IV interferes 233 Torquemada's Authority is extended over Aragon 236 Assented to...
7. CHAPTER I--RELATIONS WITH THE CROWN.Combination of Spiritual and Temporal Jurisdiction 289 Ferdinand's Control of the Inquisition 289 Except in Spiritual Affairs 294 Gradual Development of Independence 298 Philip...
4. CHAPTER III--THE JEWS AND THE CONVERSOS.Medieval Persecution of Jews 81 Their Wealth and Influence in Spain 84 Clerical Hostility aroused 90 Popular Antagonism excited 95 Causes of Dislike--Usury, Official Functions,...
9. CHAPTER III--PRIVILEGES AND EXEMPTIONS.Exemption from taxation 375 Exemption from Custom-house Dues 384 Attempts of Valencia Tribunal to import Wheat from Aragon 385 Privilege of Valencia Tribunal in the Public Grana...
3. CHAPTER II--THE JEWS AND THE MOORS.Oppression of Jews taught as a duty 35 Growth of the Spirit of Persecution 37 Persecution under the Spanish Catholic Wisigoths 40 Toleration under the Saracen Conquest--the Mozá...
11. CHAPTER V--POPULAR HOSTILITY.Causes of Popular Hatred 527 Visitations of the Barcelona Tribunal 528 Troubles in Logroño 530 Preferences claimed in Markets 533 Trading by Officials 534 Character of Officials...
8. CHAPTER II--SUPEREMINENCE.Universal Subordination to the Inquisition 351 Its weapons of Excommunication and Inhibition 355 Power of Arrest and Imprisonment 357 Assumption of Superiority 357 Struggle of t...
2. CHAPTER I--THE CASTILIAN MONARCHY.Disorder at the Accession of Ferdinand and Isabella 1 Condition of the Church 8 Limitation of Clerical Privilege and Papal Claims 11 Disputed Succession 18 Character of Ferdinan...