The Spanish InquisitionThe terrible history of the Inquisition is told here by the distinguished scholar Cecil Roth, who was Reader in Jewish Studies at Oxford University. The text is illustrated with documents and prints from the author's private collection, and two appendices provide the text of an actual "program" of an auto da fe as well as excerpts from a specific trial. |
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Abjuration accused activity Antonio appeared Aragon Archbishopric of Braga arrested authority auto de fé auto held became Bishopric of Lamego burned alive Castile Chris Christian Church city of Lisbon condemned confession confiscation conversos convicted Covilhã crime death Diogo Henriques dungeons ecclesiastical edict effigy eighteenth century English Europe fact Francisco friars Granada hand heresy heretics Holy Inquisition Holy Office Holy Tribunal hundred imprisonment Inquisitors Isabella Jewish Jews João Judaisers King kingdom Lamego large number later Lisbon Luis Lutheran Madrid Manoel Maria Marranos married Moorish Moriscos native and resident Nunes occasion offence penalty penance penitents period persons Philip Pope Portugal Portuguese Portuguese Inquisition priest prisoner Protestant punishment quemadero quisition quisitor relaxed religious Rodrigues royal sambenito Saragossa secret Señor sentence Seville Spain Spanish Inquisition stake suffered tian tion told to tell Toledo torture town trial Valencia Valladolid victims western quarter witnesses