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Book Torture and the Roman Inquisition

Download or read book Torture and the Roman Inquisition written by Kenneth Gambin and published by Midsea Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By using torture, the Inquisition was simply living up to contemporary standards, in the case of the Holy Office, it was their responsibility to save the soul of the accused at all costs. Fully illustrated with lots of interesting images.

Book History of the Inquisition

Download or read book History of the Inquisition written by William Harris Rule and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the Inquisition by William Rule Harris, first published in 1868, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Book God s Jury

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  • Author : Cullen Murphy
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 0618091564
  • Pages : 325 pages

Download or read book God s Jury written by Cullen Murphy and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative history of the Inquisition, and an examination of the influence it exerted on contemporary society, by the author of ARE WE ROME?

Book History of the Inquisition

Download or read book History of the Inquisition written by William Harris Rule and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Inquisition

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  • Author : Michael C. Thomsett
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 9780786444090
  • Pages : 282 pages

Download or read book The Inquisition written by Michael C. Thomsett and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book documents the origins of the Roman Catholic Inquisition, explaining how the movement expanded and changed over many centuries. The author examines the Inquisition from the mid-thirteenth through the fifteenth centuries, the Spanish Inquisition, the Roman Inquisition, and the Modern Office of the Inquisition"--Provided by publisher.

Book The Roman Inquisition

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  • Author : Katherine Aron-Beller
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2018-01-22
  • ISBN : 9004361081
  • Pages : 425 pages

Download or read book The Roman Inquisition written by Katherine Aron-Beller and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Roman Inquisition: Centre versus Peripheries, two inquisitorial scholars, Black who has published on the institutional history of the Italian Inquisitions and Aron-Beller whose area of expertise are trials against Jews before the peripheral Modenese inquisition, jointly edit an essay collection that studies the relationship between the Sacred Congregation in Rome and its peripheral inquisitorial tribunals. The book analyses inquisitorial collaborations in Rome, correspondence between the Centre and its peripheries, as well as the actions of these sub-central tribunals. It discusses the extent to which the controlling tendencies of the Centre filtered down and affected the peripheries, and how the tribunals were in fact prevented by local political considerations from achieving the homogenizing effect desired by Rome.

Book The Spanish Inquisition

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  • Author : Henry Kamen
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 1998-01-01
  • ISBN : 0300075227
  • Pages : 389 pages

Download or read book The Spanish Inquisition written by Henry Kamen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-five years ago, Kamen wrote a study of the Inquisition that received high praise. This present work, based on over 30 years of new research, is not simply a complete revision of the earlier book. Innovative in its presentation, point of view, information, and themes, it will revolutionize further study in the field.

Book The Inquisition

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  • Author : Deborah Bachrach
  • Publisher : Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN : 9781560062479
  • Pages : 134 pages

Download or read book The Inquisition written by Deborah Bachrach and published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important dates in the history of the inquisition.

Book The Spanish Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition  The History and Legacy of the Roman Catholic Church s Most Infamous Institutions

Download or read book The Spanish Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition The History and Legacy of the Roman Catholic Church s Most Infamous Institutions written by Charles River Editors and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-16 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts "Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all law-religions, or religions established by law." - Thomas Paine, Rights of Man In many modern societies, laws have been put in place to protect citizens from discrimination based on their gender, beliefs, race, and sexuality. The sheer thought of having these rights impeded upon in any way is something people in the West often consider unthinkable. In this day and age, people will fight tooth and nail to right cases of discrimination and injustice, from seeking legal action to filing criminal charges against the discriminating party. Multiple organizations around the world exist to help combat and protect its citizens from prejudicial inequities. Social media has also become a channel for those around the world to voice these injustices. Those around the world who empathize with the discriminated band together and condemn the accused bigots. Resulting boycotts, petitions, and negative backlash from social media and the Internet have been known to play a significant role in contributing to the downfall of individuals and corporations that have been accused of discrimination of any kind. The road to the modern age of cultural harmony and acceptance is one of the finest feats of human progress, but having said that, there was once a time when the mere doubt of a religious figure's existence was not only punishable by law, it could very well cost a man his life. This was the crime of heresy. This kind of religious persecution has been around for thousands of years, and Christians were often the victims, but when the Catholic Church began its rapid expansion throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, the tables were turned. In 1184, Pope Lucius III issued a papal bull that would kick off a long-standing tradition of heretic-hunting, and as a result, the Age of the Inquisitions commenced. In a twist of events, the persecuted became the persecutors. From then on, the Roman Catholic Church took it upon itself to hold tribunals, or judicial courts, in a quest to exterminate heresy once and for all. These inquisitions, which would plague Europe for centuries, is believed to have seen hundreds of thousands persecuted for beliefs that went against the Church. A startling portion of them would be brutally tortured and sent to their deaths. None of these would hold a candle to the one birthed in the 15th century - the Spanish Inquisition. The notorious inquisition, the subject of multiple documentaries, movies, and other pop culture mediums, is an era darkly remembered for its oppression, barbarous torture, and religious tyranny. Serving as a backdrop for it all was a deadly disease, a man likened to Satan, and the tumultuous rise and fall of one of the most dreadful periods in European history. The Portuguese found access to the trade regions that they had been searching for, but sailing from Portugal to India and beyond would require too many resources to travel with at once. To remedy this problem, Portugal began establishing a number of forts and trading posts along the route. The Portuguese were able to establish a fort on the west coast of India, Fort Manuel, in 1500, and in 1505 a fort was erected off the coast of Tanzania, thus beginning a trend of European colonization in Africa and Asia that would last for the next 400 years. However, as the Catholic empires expanded across the globe, persecution would travel with them. The Spanish Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition: The History and Legacy of the Roman Catholic Church's Most Infamous Institutions looks at how the Inquisitions came to be, and how people were tortured and executed. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Inquisitions like never before.

Book God s Jury

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  • Author : Cullen Murphy
  • Publisher : HMH
  • Release : 2012-01-17
  • ISBN : 0547607822
  • Pages : 325 pages

Download or read book God s Jury written by Cullen Murphy and published by HMH. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “From Torquemada to Guantánamo and beyond, Cullen Murphy finds the ‘inquisitorial impulse’ alive, and only too well, in our world” (Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money). Established by the Catholic Church in 1231, the Inquisition continued in one form or another for almost seven hundred years. Though associated with the persecution of heretics and Jews—and with burning at the stake—its targets were more numerous, its techniques were more ambitious, and its effect on history has been greater than many understand. The Inquisition pioneered surveillance, censorship, and “scientific” interrogation. As time went on, its methods and mindset spread far beyond the Church to become tools of secular persecution. Traveling from freshly opened Vatican archives to the detention camps of Guantánamo to the filing cabinets of the Third Reich, the author of Are We Rome? “masterfully traces the social, legal and political evolution of the Inquisition and the inquisitorial process from its origins in late medieval Christian France to its eerily familiar, secular cousin in the modern world” (San Francisco Chronicle). “God’s Jury is a reminder, and we need to be constantly reminded, that the most dangerous people in the world are the righteous, and when they wield real power, look out. . . . Murphy wears his erudition lightly, writes with quiet wit, and has a delightful way of seeing the past in the present.” —Mark Bowden, author of Hue 1968 “Beautifully written, very smart, and devilishly engaging.” —The Boston Globe

Book The Business of the Roman Inquisition in the Early Modern Era

Download or read book The Business of the Roman Inquisition in the Early Modern Era written by Germano Maifreda and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1542, the Roman Inquisition operated through a network of almost fifty tribunals to combat heretical and heterodox threats within the papal territories. Whilst its theological, institutional and political aspects have been well-studied, until now no sustained work has been undertaken to understand the financial basis upon which it operated. Yet – as The Business of the Roman Inquisition in the Early Modern Era shows – the fiscal autonomy enjoyed by each tribunal was a major factor in determining how the Inquisition operated. For, as the flow of cash from Rome declined, each tribunal was forced to rely upon its own assets and resources to fund its work, resulting in a situation whereby tribunals increasingly came to resemble businesses. As each tribunal was permitted to keep a substantial proportion of the fines and confiscations it levied, questions quickly arose regarding the economic considerations that may have motivated the Inquisition’s actions. Dr Maifreda argues that the Inquisition, with the need to generate sufficient revenue to continue working, had a clear incentive to target wealthy groups within society who could afford to yield up substantial revenues. Furthermore, as secular authorities also began to rely upon a levy on these revenues, the financial considerations of decisions regarding heresy prosecutions become even greater. Based upon a wealth of hitherto neglected primary sources from the Vatican and local Italian archives, Dr Maifreda reveals the underlying financial structures that played a vital part in the operations of the Roman Inquisition. By exploring the system of incentives and pressures that guided the actions of inquisitors in their procedural processes and choice of victims, a much clearer understanding of the Roman Inquisition emerges. This book is an English translation of I denari dell’inquisitore. Affari e giustizia di fede nell’Italia moderna (Turin: Einaudi, 2014).

Book Seven Lies about Catholic History

Download or read book Seven Lies about Catholic History written by Diane Moczar and published by TAN Books. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world hates the Church that Jesus founded, just as He said it would (John 15:18). It reviles her doctrines, mocks her moral teachings and invents lies about her history. In every age, but especially in our modern day, historians and political powers have distorted the facts about her past (or just made up novel falsehoods from scratch) to make the Church, and the civilization it fostered, seem corrupt, backward, or simply evil. In Seven Lies about Catholic History, Diane Moczar (Islam at the Gates) tackles the most infamous and prevalent historical myths about the Church popular legends that you encounter everywhere from textbooks to T.V. and reveals the real truth about them. She explains how they got started and why they re still around, and best of all, she gives you the facts and the arguments you need to set the record straight about: The Inquisition: how it was not a bloodthirsty institution but a merciful (and necessary) one Galileo's trial : why moderns invented a myth around it to make science appear incompatible with the Catholic faith (it's not) The Reformation: why the 16th-century Church was not totally corrupt (as even some Catholics wrongly believe), and how the reformers made things worse for everybody and other lies that the world uses to attack and discredit the Faith. Written in a brisk style that's fun and easy to read, Seven Lies about Catholic History provides the lessons that every Catholic needs in order to defend and explain not just apologize for the Church's rich and complex history.

Book Inquisition

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  • Author : Edward Peters
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1989-04-14
  • ISBN : 9780520066304
  • Pages : 388 pages

Download or read book Inquisition written by Edward Peters and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1989-04-14 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book A History of the Inquisition of Spain

Download or read book A History of the Inquisition of Spain written by Henry Charles Lea and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of Torture

Download or read book The History of Torture written by Brian Innes and published by Amber Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-07-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Torture tells the complete story of torture, from its earliest uses right up to the present day, from the tools and techniques used, to the campaigns to abolish its use.

Book The Spanish Inquisition

Download or read book The Spanish Inquisition written by Charles Turner Gorham and published by London : Watts. This book was released on 1916 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: