Between court and confessional : the politics of Spanish Inquisitors

Between court and confessional : the politics of Spanish Inquisitors / Kimberly Lynn.

Examines the careers and writings of five inquisitors, explaining how the theory and regulations of the Spanish Inquisition were rooted in local conditions.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lynn, Kimberly
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Inquisition > Spain.
RELIGION > History.
Inquisition
Spain
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; A Note on Language; Introduction; A Peculiar Institution: Origins, Procedures, Targets; The Development of an Office; Building a Theory of Office; The Inquisitor's Worlds; Five Inquisitorial Lives; Chapter 1 Visiting the Flock The Pastoral Agenda of Cristóbal Fernández de Valtodano; Inquisitor Ordinary, Inquisitor Extraordinary; Visiting the District, Visiting the Diocese; Judging Carranza; Residence and Reform; Missives, Missals, Exorcisms; Chapter 2 Writing the Inquisition The Trials of Diego de Simancas.
  • Son of Córdoba, Judge, and BishopFraming the Republic and Building a Career: The Architect of a Spanish Style; An Inquisitor's Defense: Intertwining Theory and Practice; Conserving the Republic: Kin, Cathedrals, Courts; Observing Other Republics; Chapter 3 Courting the King, Courting the Pope Luis de Páramo between Spain and Italy; The Road to Sicily; The Island and the Inquisition; Petitioning from the Margins; Battling for Jurisdiction; The Inquisitor as Historian; Chapter 4 Falling from Grace The Disenchantments of Juan Adam de la Parra; Approaching the Court.
  • The Power to Discern: Inquisitors, Courtiers, and CharlatansA World of Conspiracies; The Hired Pen: Polemicist, Propagandist, Poet; Inquisitorial Ambitions; Chapter 5 Negotiating the Catholic Monarchy The Transatlantic Maneuvering of Juan de Mañozca y Zamora; Crisscrossing the Atlantic; New Inquisitor, New Inquisition: Founding the Tribunal in Cartagena de Indias; Framing Cases, Building Networks; The Power of Publicity, the Power of Secrecy; Monopoly in Mexico City; Chapter 6 Building Careers, Making a Legal Culture Toward an Appraisal of Inquisitorial Office; Traveling Jurists.
  • The Theater of the WorldBetween Cato and Cicero; Among the Lettered Elite; Thinking with Inquisitors; Epilogue The Afterlife of Spanish Inquisitors ; Bibliography; Primary Sources; ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS; Primary Sources; PRINTED WORKS; Secondary Sources; Index.

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