CHAPTER V--APPEALS TO ROME.

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 in the Judicial Forum 107 Struggle between Spain and Rome--Pardons sold and revoked 108 Citation to Rome of Inquisitorial Officials 118 Tergiversations of the Curia 120 Charles V carries on the Struggle 123 He obtains exclusive Appellate Jurisdiction for the Inquisitor-general 126 But the Curia still entertains Appeals 128 Friction continued under Philip II and Philip III 129 Philip IV enforces surrender of papal letters 132 Case of Gerónimo de Villanueva 133 His connection with the Convent of San Placido 134 He obtains an Acquittal from the Inquisition in 1632 136 Arce y Reynoso reopens the Case in 1643 138 Villanueva's Sentence--His Appeal to Rome entertained 143 Persistent Resistance of Philip IV 146 Copies of the Papers sent to Rome in 1651 154 Efforts to have them returned continued until 1660 157 Appeals to Rome forbidden under the Bourbons 159