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[Contents of Volume III]
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THE INQUISITION OF SPAIN

WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR

A HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION OF THE MIDDLE AGES. In three volumes, octavo.

A HISTORY OF AURICULAR CONFESSION AND INDULGENCES IN THE LATIN CHURCH. In three volumes, octavo.

AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF SACERDOTAL CELIBACY IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Third edition. (In preparation.)

A FORMULARY OF THE PAPAL PENITENTIARY IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY. One volume, octavo. (Out of print.)

SUPERSTITION AND FORCE. Essays on The Wager of Law, The Wager of Battle, The Ordeal, Torture. Fourth edition, revised. In one volume, 12mo.

STUDIES IN CHURCH HISTORY. The Rise of the Temporal Power, Benefit of Clergy, Excommunication, The Early Church and Slavery. Second edition. In one volume, 12mo.

CHAPTERS FROM THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF SPAIN, CONNECTED WITH THE INQUISITION. Censorship of the Press, Mystics and Illuminati, Endemoniadas, El Santo Niño de la Guardia, Brianda de Bardaxí.

THE MORISCOS OF SPAIN. THEIR CONVERSION AND EXPULSION. In one volume, 12mo.

A HISTORY
OF THE
INQUISITION OF SPAIN

BY
HENRY CHARLES LEA. LL.D.
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IN FOUR VOLUMES
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VOLUME III.
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New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd.
1907
All rights reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Copyright, 1907,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
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Set up and electrotyped. Published January, 1907.

CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

[BOOK VI—PRACTICE] (Continued).
[Chapter VII]—Torture.
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General Use of Torture in Secular Courts[1]
The Inquisition not exceptionally cruel[2]
More moderate than the Roman Holy Office[3]
Formal Preliminaries to prevent its Abuse[4]
The Threat of Torture[6]
Conditions justifying torture[7]
Torture of Witnesses—Torture in caput alienum[11]
No exemptions admitted[13]
Limitations of Torture[14]
The Administration of Torture[16]
Varieties of Torture[18]
Severity of Torture[22]
Record of Administration[24]
Confession under Torture must be ratified[27]
Repetition of Torture[28]
Endurance without Confession[30]
Frequency of Use of Torture[33]
Fees of the Torturer[35]
[Chapter VIII]—The Trial.
Gradual development of Procedure[36]
The Audience—The Three Monitions[37]
The Charges Withheld[39]
The Accusation[41]
The Advocate for the Defence—His Function[42]
The Curador for Minors[50]
The Patrones Teólogos[51]
Publication of Evidence[53]
The Defence—Recusation of Judges[56]
Insanity[58]
Tacha and Abonos[63]
Evidence for the Defence[64]
The Argument of the Advocate[69]
Examination of the Accused[70]
The Consulta de Fe[71]
Delays[75]
Prosecution of the Dead[81]
of the Absent[86]
[BOOK VII—PUNISHMENT.]
[Chapter I]—The Sentence.
The two Forms of Sentence[93]
The Culprit kept in Ignorance[94]
Appeals[95]
Modification of Sentence[97]
Severity or Benignity[99]
Enforcement of the Sentence[101]
Acquittal[105]
Suspension[108]
Admission to Bail[111]
Compurgation or Wager of Law[113]
Used by the Inquisition in Doubtful Cases[114]
Formula of Procedure[117]
[Chapter II]—Minor Penalties.
Reprimand[121]
Abjuration[123]
Exile[126]
Razing Houses[128]
Spiritual Penances[131]
Unusual Penalties[132]
[Chapter III]—Harsher Penalties.
The Scourge[135]
Vergüenza[138]
The Galleys—The Presidio[139]
Reconciliation[146]
The Perpetual Prison[151]
Commutations[160]
The Sanbenito[162]
Its display in Churches[164]
Disabilities[172]
Clerical Offenders[180]
[Chapter IV]—the Stake.
Burning for heresy in the Public Law of Europe[183]
Responsibility of the Church[184]
Conversion before or after Sentence—Strangling before Burning[190]
Conditions entailing relaxation—Pertinacity[195]
Denial—the Negativo[198]
Partial confession—the Diminuto[199]
The Dogmatizer or Heresiarch[200]
Relapse[202]
Disappearance of relaxation[208]
[Chapter V]—the Auto de Fe.
Impressiveness of the Auto Publico General[209]
Preparations and Celebration[213]
The Auto Particular or Autillo[220]
It Replaces the General Public Auto[221]
Celebration in Churches[224]
The Auto de fe as a spectacular Entertainment[227]
[BOOK VIII—SPHERES OF ACTION.]
[Chapter I]—Jews.
Neglect of Instruction of coerced Converts[231]
Slenderness of Proof required for Prosecutio[232]
Gradual Disappearance of Judaism[234]
Influx of Portuguese Judaizers after the Conquest of Portugal[237]
Portugal—Treatment of Jewish Refugees[237]
João III resolves to introduce the Inquisition[238]
Struggle in Rome between João and the New Christians[239]
João obtains an unrestricted Inquisition[253]
Activity of the Inquisition[259]
Tribunal established in Goa but not in Brazil[261]
Organization of the Portuguese Inquisition[262]
Cases of George Buchanan and Damião de Goes[263]
Increased activity after the Spanish Conquest[265]
The General Pardon of 1604[267]
The Portuguese New Christians in Spain[270]
Active Persecution in Portugal[273]
Discussions as to Expulsion[275]
Rebellion of 1640—João IV favors the New Christians[280]
Padre Antonio Vieira S. J. appeals for them to Rome[284]
Innocent XI orders Modifications of Procedure[289]
Unabated Prejudice in Spain—Olivares opposes the Inquisition[290]
Dread of Jewish Propaganda—Case of Lope de Vera[293]
Persistent Persecution of Portuguese[296]
Gradual Obsolescence of Jewish Observances[300]
Restriction of Emigration or Expulsion[303]
Catastrophe of Majorca[305]
Recrudescence of Persecution after the War of Succession[308]
Extinction of Judaism in Spain[311]
Exclusion of Foreign Jews[311]
Readmission to Spain under Constitution of 1869[315]
[Chapter II]—Moriscos.
Toleration of the Mudéjares—Capitulations of Granada[317]
Talavera and Ximenes in Granada[319]
Rising of the Moors—Enforced Conversion[322]
Isabella compels Conversion in Castile—Instruction neglected[324]
Persecution of the new Converts[328]
Situation in Granada[331]
Oppressive Edict of Philip II in 1567[334]
Rebellion of the Moriscos[338]
They are deported and scattered—their Prosperity[339]
The Moors under the Crown of Aragon[342]
Valencia—Coercive Baptism by the Germanía[346]
Investigation as to its Extent and Character[348]
Decision to enforce Adhesion to the Faith[351]
Charles V gives all Moors the Alternative of Exile or Baptism—they submit[352]
The Concordia of 1528 grants them Exemption from the Inquisition[357]
The Inquisition disregards the Agreement[358]
Fines substituted for Confiscation[360]
Activity of the Inquisition—Case of Don Cosme Abenamir[362]
Futile Efforts at Instruction and Conversion[365]
Edicts of Grace—their Failure[371]
Intermittent Trials of Moderation[373]
Deplorable Condition of the Moriscos—Emigration forbidden[375]
Questions as to Baptism, Marriage, Slaughtering Meat[380]
Dangerous Discontent of the Moriscos[382]
Ravages of Moorish Corsairs on the Coast[383]
Plots with foreign Powers for a Rising[384]
Plans to avert the Danger—Expulsion resolved on[388]
Its execution in Valencia, September, 1609[393]
Expulsion from Granada and Andalusia in January, 1610[398]
simultaneously from Castile[399]
from Aragon and Catalonia in May, 1610[401]
Final rooting out of the Moriscos antiguos[403]
Expulsion delayed in Murcia until January, 1614[404]
Number and Fate of the Exiles[406]
Squandering of the Confiscations[409]
[Chapter III]—Protestantism.
Exaggeration of the Protestant Movement in Spain[411]
Pre-Reformation Freedom of Speech—Erasmus[412]
First Efforts of Repression, in 1521[413]
The Enchiridion of Erasmus—Persecution of Erasmists—of Catholics[414]
Protestant Foreigners[421]
Native Protestants[423]
Dr. Egidio and the Seville Protestants—the Protestant Propaganda[424]
The Protestants of Valladolid—General Alarm exploited by Valdés[429]
The Autos de fe of May 21, and October 8, 1559[437]
Prosecutions in Seville—Autos of 1559, 1560, 1562, 1564 and 1565[442]
Native Protestantism crushed—Dread of foreign Propaganda and Ideas[448]
Few scattering cases of native Protestants[452]
Prosecution of Foreigners for real or suspected Protestantism[457]
Obstruction of commercial Intercourse—Treaties with England, Holland and France[462]
Exclusion of Foreigners, except in the Army[472]
Conversion of foreign Heretics[476]
[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]