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Inquisition

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This impressive volume is actually three histories in one: of the legal procedures, personnel, and institutions that shaped the inquisitorial tribunals from Rome to early modern Europe; of the myth of The Inquisition, from its origins with the anti-Hispanists and religious reformers of the sixteenth century to its embodiment in literary and artistic masterpieces of the nineteenth century; and of how the myth itself became the foundation for a "history" of the inquisitions.

Language: English

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of California Press

Release: April 14, 1989

ISBN: 0520066308

ISBN 13: 9780520066304

Inquisition

0/5 ( ratings)

This impressive volume is actually three histories in one: of the legal procedures, personnel, and institutions that shaped the inquisitorial tribunals from Rome to early modern Europe; of the myth of The Inquisition, from its origins with the anti-Hispanists and religious reformers of the sixteenth century to its embodiment in literary and artistic masterpieces of the nineteenth century; and of how the myth itself became the foundation for a "history" of the inquisitions.

Language: English

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of California Press

Release: April 14, 1989

ISBN: 0520066308

ISBN 13: 9780520066304

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