A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2

The heretic was not only a criminal but a sinner. This imposed on the Inquisition a two-fold function--to discover and punish crime and to save the soul of the sinner. Its posit...

When the Inquisition was established it was expected to be not only a self-sustaining institution but a source of profit. To what extent the anticipation of gain, by seizing the...

So long as the acts of the Spanish Inquisition were not final but were subject to revision by the Roman curia, its jurisdiction was incomplete. To emancipate itself from this it...

During the active career of the Inquisition, it was the local tribunal which represented it to the people. The inquisitor-general and Suprema were distant and held no direct rel...

There was, in Spain, but one class over which the Inquisition had no jurisdiction. Boniface VIII, at the close of the thirteenth century, had decreed that, when a bishop was sus...

The superior efficiency of the Spanish Inquisition was largely due to its organization. The scattered subordinate tribunals, which dealt directly with the accused, were not inde...

In criminal procedure, the character of admissible evidence and the methods employed to test its veracity are of such determining importance that an investigation of the system...

Repeated allusions have occurred above to the _limpieza_, or purity of blood, required in all officials of the Inquisition. This was so remarkable a development of the prevailin...

The _cárceles secretas_, or secret prison, was the official designation of the place of confinement during trial of those accused of heresy. It formed part of the building of th...

The Inquisition was organized for the eradication of heresy and the enforcement of uniformity of belief. We shall have occasion to see hereafter how elastic became the definitio...

Indications are not lacking that, when the Inquisition was established, it was not regarded as a permanent institution but as one to last only until it had purified the land of...

We have seen, when treating of privileges and exemptions, the distinction drawn between salaried and unsalaried officials. The former, except in the case of physicians and advoc...

Although the power to arrest arbitrarily was inherent in the inquisitorial functions, and all secular officials were bound to lend assistance if necessary, still, in practice, i...

In considering the judicial functions of the Inquisition, we shall meet with much that is abhorrent to our conceptions of justice. We shall see that the accused was assumed to b...

When the Inquisition was established, it was apparent that if its officials, or a portion of them, could be quartered on the Church there might be less diversion of the confisca...

The Roman curia had so long accustomed Christendom to the idea that pardon for the consequences of sin was purchasable, that we cannot be surprised if relief from the penalties...

Although, at least in the earlier period, confiscation was the main financial reliance of the Inquisition, it had other resources. Of these a productive one was the pecuniary pe...

Over the laity the jurisdiction of the Inquisition was complete. No one was so high-placed as to be exempt, for heresy was a universal leveller. Theoretically the king himself w...

Occasional allusions have been made above to the Edicts of Faith, whereby the tribunals obtained knowledge of offences coming within their jurisdiction. This was one of the most...

Allusion has occurred above to the Edicts of Grace which, in the earlier period, played an important part in the machinery of the Inquisition. It was a custom inherited from the...

Supremacy of Papal Jurisdiction 103 Conversos purchase Letters of Pardon from the Holy See 104 Ferdinand and the Inquisition disregard them 105 Papal Pardons claimed to be good...

Torquemada vainly seeks Jurisdiction over Bishops 41 Cases of Dávila of Segovia and Aranda of Calahorra 42 Case of Acuña of Zamora 45 Jurisdiction conferred personally on Inquis...

Necessity of Confiscation to support the Inquisition 315 Confiscation borrowed from the imperial Jurisprudence 316 Responsibility for it 317 Claims of the Church in Cases of Cle...

Commissions of Officials expire with the Inquisitor-general 161 Suprema at first merely a Consultative Body 162 Rapid Increase of its Functions 164 It becomes the ruling Power 1...

Origin of Limpieza or Purity of Blood 285 Distinction between Old and New Christians 286 The Religious Orders seek to exclude New Christians 287 New Christians excluded from Col...

Gradual Delimitation into Districts 205 Organization of the Tribunal--Multiplication of Officials 208 Vain efforts to restrict the Number 211 Sale of Offices 212 Census of Offic...

Grades of Imprisonment 507 Character of the Secret Prison 509 Terror inspired by Imprisonment 511 The Chaining of Prisoners 511 Escape from Prison 513 Deprivation of all outside...

PAGE Importance attached to Unity of Belief 1 Popular Abhorrence of Heresy 2 Limitations of Inquisitorial Jurisdiction 3 Classification of Heresy--Heresy both a sin and a crime...

The Judge assumed to weigh the Character of Evidence 535 No Qualifications required in Witnesses for the Prosecution 536 Strict Qualifications for Witnesses for the Defence 539...

Duty of Saving Souls 569 Urgency to induce Confession 570 Spontaneous Confession, its Frequency 571 Confession must be complete--The _Diminuto_ 573 Denial of Intention 576 Denun...

Failure to provide permanent Funds 433 Improvidence--Complaints of Poverty 435 Power of Recuperation 439 Deficiency of Revenue in the Eighteenth Century 441 Financial Organizati...

Officials provided with Benefices 415 Quinquennial Dispensations from Residence 416 Patronage granted to the Sovereigns 416 Opposition of Cathedral Chapters 417 Doctoral and Mag...

Calificadores or Censors 263 Consultors 266 Commissioners 268 Familiars 272 Their excessive Numbers and Turbulence 274 Qualifications prescribed 279 Organization of officials--H...

The Inquisitorial Process in secular Procedure 465 Laxity in the Spiritual Courts 469 Rigid Secrecy in the Inquisition 470 Its Importance 476 The Fiscal as Party to the Case 478...

The Regular Clergy claim exemption from the Inquisition 29 Fluctuations of the Struggle--the Inquisition triumphs 31 Resistance of the Jesuits--their Defeat 33 Jurisdiction assu...

Duty of Denunciation 485 Preliminaries to Arrest 486 Their Disregard 491 Segregation of the Prisoner 493 Immediate Sequestration of Property 495 Provision for Families 499 The S...