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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 Bardaxi. In
one volume, 12mo.
_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.
IN FOUR VOLUMES
VOLUME III.
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
1907
_All rights reserved_
COPYRIGHT, 1907
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
Set up and electrotyped. Published January. 1907
CONTENTS OF VOL. III.
BOOK VI--PRACTICE (CONTINUED).
CHAPTER VII--TORTURE.
PAGE
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