Contents
Contents
List of Pictures
Introduction
The Inquisition
The Papal Inquisition
Under Dominican control
Torquemada's Appointment
The Process
Ecclesiastical Synods
Some Inquisitorial Maxims
Sufferings of the Jews
Plundering New Christians
Resistance to Inquisitors
Oaths of Fealty Exacted
Housing the Tribunals
The Humbler Officials
The Delator and Prisons
Misery Wantonly Inflicted
Inquisitors of the Sea
Baptism a Condition Precedent
Definitions of Heresy
"Illumininism" as a Heresy
Examination of the Accused
Methods of Torture
Description of an Auto-da-fe
The Scene of Execution
Dress of Heretics
Burning of "The Flyer"
Closing the Ports
Ferdinand Champions the Inquisitors
Corruption in Office
A System of Plunder
A Kept Witness
Uprising Against Lucero
Tortured Witnesses
Powers of Arresting Officers
Proposed Reforms
Licentious Judges
The Pope, the King, and the Spoils
The Pope's Tactical Move
The Valencia Tribunal
Invasion of Teruel
Sacking of Teruel
Fate of Arbues' Assassins
Cost of the Arbues Murder
Luis de Santangel
Tarragona Attacked
As a Collection Agency
Extending the Jurisdiction
Papal Absolution from Oaths
The Tribunal in Catalonia
Immunity of Inquisitors
Supremacy Attained
Superior to all Earthly Powers
Supereminance Disputed by the King
Increase of Familiars
Fair Promises of Cutthroats
Falling into Disrepute
Disciplining Priests
Disreputable Character of Inquisitors
Curse and Excommunication
The Edict of Grace
Heresy to Withhold Information
Abasing Influences
Female Slaves in Demand
Disposal of Confiscations
A Vice Society
A Holy Trinity of Parasites
Salaries and Expenses
Families of Prisoners
Cases of Conscience
The "Pure Blood" Fanaticism
The Inquisition in England
The Fate of Carranza
Prosecutions in Germany
Calas and Espinasse Cases
In the Netherlands
The Inquisitor's Manual
Stories of the Inquisition
The Lithgow Case
An Inquisitorial Seraglio
Inquisitor Guerrero
The Plot Against Castro
The Martyrdom of Bruno
The Persecution of Galileo
The Judicial Murder of Vanini
The Persecution of the Jews
The Expulsion of the Moors
About the Popes and the Inquisition
The Waldenses
The Albigenses
The Huguenots
The Jesuits
The Jesuits in Japan
The Crusades
Persecutions by Protestants
The Witchcraft Delusion
The War Between Religion and Science
The Attitude of the Church Toward Slavery
Index
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