A History of the Inquisition of Spain : And the Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies

Name: A History of the Inquisition of Spain : And the Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

A History of the Inquisition of SpainAnd the Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies\nAuthor(s): Henry Charles Lea, Lu Ann Homza\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: I.B. Tauris\nISBN-13: 9781848854352, 978-1848854352\nSynopsis\nThe Spanish Inquisition was one of the most feared institutions in Western history. Set up by the Roman Catholic church to suppress heresy it operated in France, Italy, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and was later extended to the Americas. Trials were held in secret, torture was common, and penalties ranged from simple fines and flogging to death by burning. Lea's magisterial study remains one of the most detailed and comprehensive accounts ever published. It continues to be an essential source for scholars of the Inquisition and medieval Spain. This edition includes the scarce volume on the inquisition in the Spanish dependencies. Introduced by Professor Lu Ann Homza, a leading contemporay scholar of the Inquisit.