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A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 — Henry Charles Lea

A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1

Henry Charles Lea

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  • Book language: English
  • 608 pages

The first volume of Henry Charles Lea's extensive history of the Spanish Inquisition. Drawing on original sources, it traces the character, procedures, and influence of the institution in Spain. It is worth hearing as a thorough and sober survey of church and social history.

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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).

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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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Contents

  1. A HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION OF SPAIN
  2. THE INQUISITION OF SPAIN.

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