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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Roman Inquisition's Operations
- Chapter 2. The Sacred Congregation: Inquisitors Before 1623
- Chapter 3. The Sacred Congregation Under Urban VIII
- Chapter 4. The Professional Staff
- Chapter 5. Inquisition Procedure: The Holy Office's Use of Inquisitio
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments.