CHAPTER IV--CENSORSHIP.

Censorship originally a Function of the State 480

The Lutheran Revolt leads the Inquisition to assume it in 1521 482

Papal power granted in 1539 482

Licences to print issued by the State--Books condemned by the Inquisition 483

The _Index Librorum Prohibitorum_ or _Expurgandorum_ 484

Examination of all Libraries and Book-shops 487

Savage law of Philip II in 1558 488

Use of the Edict of Faith and of the Confessional 490

Triviality of Expurgation 491

Divergence between the Inquisition and the Holy See 492

Successive Indexes--of Quiroga, Sandoval, Zapata, Sotomayor, Vidal Marin, Prado y Cuesta and the Indice Ultimo 493

Practice of Expurgating Books and Libraries--the Escorial 497

Vigilant Supervision over Book-shops and Libraries--Estates of the Dead 501

Supervision over Importations and internal Traffic 504

Impediments to Commerce and Culture 508

Precautions against Smuggling--_Visitas de Navíos_ 510

Interference with Commerce--The Case of Bilbao 513

Become purely financial--Effort to revive them in 1819 519

Licences to read prohibited Books 521

Penalties for Disregard of the Censorship 525

Prohibition of vernacular Bibles 527

Various Abuses of Censorship 530

Quarrel with Rome over the _Regalistas_--The Inquisition secures its Independence 533

It turns against the Crown--Carlos III controls its Censorship 539

Censorship directed against the Revolution 542

Censorship of Morals and Art 545

Influence of Censorship 548

APPENDIX--Statistics of Offences and Penalties 551

DOCUMENTS 555

THE INQUISITION OF SPAIN.