The Inquisition: A Global History 1478-1834 by Bethencourt, Francisco

The Inquisition: A Global History 1478-1834

The Inquisition was the most powerful disciplinary institution in the early modern world, responsible for 300,000 trials...
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Author: Francisco Bethencourt
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The Inquisition: A Global History 1478-1834 by Bethencourt, Francisco

The Inquisition: A Global History 1478-1834

$75.56

The Inquisition: A Global History 1478-1834

$75.56
Author: Francisco Bethencourt
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The Inquisition was the most powerful disciplinary institution in the early modern world, responsible for 300,000 trials and over 1.5 million denunciations. How did it root itself in different social and ethnic environments? Why did it last for three centuries? What cultural, social and political changes led to its abolition? In this first global comparative study, Francisco Bethencourt examines the Inquisition's activities in Spain, Italy, Portugal and overseas Iberian colonies. He demonstrates that the Inquisition played a crucial role in the Catholic Reformation, imposing its own members in papal elections, reshaping ecclesiastical hierarchy, defining orthodoxy, controlling information and knowledge, influencing politics and framing daily life. He challenges both traditionalist and revisionist perceptions of the tribunal. Bethencourt shows the Inquisition as an ever evolving body, eager to enlarge jurisdiction and obtain political support to implement its system of values, but also vulnerable to manipulation by rulers, cardinals, and local social elites.

Author: Francisco Bethencourt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/15/2009
Pages: 491
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780521748230


Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2010

About the Author
Bethencourt, Francisco: - Francisco Bethencourt is Charles Boxer Professor of History at King's College London. His previous publications include (as co-editor) Portuguese Oceanic Expansion, 1400-1800 (2007) and Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Europe, Volume 3: Correspondence and Cultural Exchange in Europe, 1400-1700 (2007).

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