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 Defendants in civil Suits 430 Abusive Extension of Jurisdiction by Inquisitors 431 Limitations in the Concordia of 1512 432 Servants of Officials included in the _fuero_ 432 Struggle in Castile over the Question of Familiars 434 Settled by the Concordia of 1553 436 The Concordia extended to Navarre 438 Struggle in Valencia--Concordia of 1554 439 Concordia disregarded--Córtes of 1564 441 Valencia Concordia of 1568 442 Disregard of its Provisions 445 Complaints of criminal Familiars unpunished 446 Aragon--its Court of the Justicia 450 Grievances arising from the Temporal Jurisdiction 452 The Concordia of 1568 454 Complaints of its Infraction--Córtes of 1626 454 Case of the City of Huesca 456 Córtes of 1646--Aragon assimilated to Castile 458 Diminished Power of the Inquisition in Aragon 461 Catalonia--Non-observance of Concordias of 1512 and 1520 465 Disorders of the Barcelona Tribunal--Fruitless Complaints 467 Catalonia--Hatred of the Tribunal--Catalonia rejects the Concordia of 1568 469 Córtes of 1599--Duplicity of Philip III 471 Increasing Discord--Fruitless Efforts of Córtes of 1626 and 1632--Concordia of Zapata 472 Rebellion of 1640--Expulsion of Inquisitors--A National Inquisition established 476 Inquisition restored in 1652--Renewal of Discord 479 War of Succession--Catalan Liberties abolished 483 Majorca--Conflicts with the Civil Authorities 484 Contests in Castile--Subservience of the Royal Power 485 Exemption of Familiars from summons as Witnesses 491 Conflicts with the Spiritual Courts 493 Cases in Majorca--Intervention of the Holy See 498 Conflicts with the Military Courts 504 Conflicts with the Military Orders--Project of the Order of _Santa María de la Espada Blanca_ 505 Profits of the Temporal Jurisdiction of the Inquisition 508 Abuses and evils of the System 509 Fruitless Efforts to reform it in 1677 and 1696 511 Repression under the House of Bourbon 514 _Competencias_ for Settlement of Disputes 517 The Temporal Jurisdiction under the Restoration 520 Refusal of _Competencias_ by the Inquisition 521 Projects of Relief 524