The Roman Inquisition : A Papal Bureaucracy and Its Laws in the Age of Galileo /
As Thomas F. Mayer demonstrates in this first study of the Roman Inquisition as an institution, the Inquisition underwent constant modification as it expanded. Originally aimed to eradicate Protestant heresy, it went beyond medieval antecedents by becoming a highly articulated centralized organ dire...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2013]
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | As Thomas F. Mayer demonstrates in this first study of the Roman Inquisition as an institution, the Inquisition underwent constant modification as it expanded. Originally aimed to eradicate Protestant heresy, it went beyond medieval antecedents by becoming a highly articulated centralized organ directly dependent on the pope. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (392 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780812207644 |