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Drawing on the latest research by American, British and European scholars, this book challenges the reputation of the Spanish Inquisition as an instrument of religious persecution, torture and repression. The author traces the history of the Spanish Inquisition from 1478when it was founded, through its agenda against dissenters, to its demise and abolition in the early nineteenth century. Taking account of the work of a new generation of international historians, she demonstrates that the Inquisition was a far less brutal instrument of control than hitherto envisaged, that torture and the…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Drawing on the latest research by American, British and European scholars, this book challenges the reputation of the Spanish Inquisition as an instrument of religious persecution, torture and repression. The author traces the history of the Spanish Inquisition from 1478when it was founded, through its agenda against dissenters, to its demise and abolition in the early nineteenth century. Taking account of the work of a new generation of international historians, she demonstrates that the Inquisition was a far less brutal instrument of control than hitherto envisaged, that torture and the death penalty were only rarely applied, and then almost exclusively during the early years of its history. The book also draws attention to the wider role of the Inquisition as an educative force in societythat strengthened the bonds between church and state.
Autorenporträt
Helen Rawlings is a Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Leicester. Her previous publications include Church, Religion and Society in Early Modern Spain (2002).
Rezensionen
"Rawlings has made a valuable contribution to the field. She hassuccessfully constructed a thought-provoking, analyticalprécis of some of the most essential studies of her subject.She has emphasized the complicated and contingent nature of theInquisition's practices in a manner accessible to anyinterested reader." (European History Quarterly, January2009)

"Offers insights into a much mythologised and malignedphenomenon and, historiographically, it's bang up to date." (BBCHistory Magazine)

"Helen Rawling's The Spanish Inquisition is an excellentintroduction to this complex and controversial subject." (H-NetReviews)

"Solid virtues and thoughtful care ... have gone into thiscontribution." (Bulletin of Spanish Studies)

"Makes for compelling reading and for a perfect test caseagainst which to measure all the revisionist history that Rawlingsso aptly summarises." (Journal of EcclesiasticalHistory)