Inquisition

Inquisition

by Peters, Edward

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A history of the Inquisition from Roman times to the 19th century, analyzing the procedures, the personnel, and the Christian institutions that shaped the Inquisitorial tribunals. Examines the development of the myth of the Inquisition - e.g. its embodiment in literature and art - and how that affected the historiography of the Inquisition. Pp. 77-99 focus on medieval Christian antisemitism and the prosecution of Conversos in Spain in the medieval and early modern periods, with mention of prose…

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  • Full title :Inquisition / Edward Peters.

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A history of the Inquisition from Roman times to the 19th century, analyzing the procedures, the personnel, and the Christian institutions that shaped the Inquisitorial tribunals. Examines the development of the myth of the Inquisition - e.g. its embodiment in literature and art - and how that affected the historiography of the Inquisition. Pp. 77-99 focus on medieval Christian antisemitism and the prosecution of Conversos in Spain in the medieval and early modern periods, with mention of prosecution of Conversos in Portugal and in the New World.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1988.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:vi, 362 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0029249805, 9780029249802
  • oclc:ocm17263454
  • LC Classification:BX1712
  • Dewey Decimal:272/.2

Table of Contents

The law of Rome and the Latin Christian Church -- Dissent, heterodoxy, and the medieval inquisitorial office -- The inquisitions in Iberia and the New World -- The Roman and Italian inquisitions -- The invention of The Inquisition -- The Inquisition, the toleration debates, and the Enlightenment -- The Inquisition in literature and art -- The power of art and the transformation of myth: four nineteenth-century studies -- From myth to history -- Materials for a meditation -- Literary inquisition: a bibliographical essay.

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Subjects

Inquisition Inquisition dans l'art Inquisition dans la littérature Inquisition in art Inquisition in literature religious groups

Writers

Peters, Edward

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