This book challenges the reputation of the Spanish Inquisition as an instrument of religious persecution, torture and repressionand looks at its wider role as an educative force in society. * * A reassessment of the history of the Spanish Inquisition. * Challenges the reputation of the Inquisition as an instrument of religious persecution, torture and repression. * Looks at the wider role of the Inquisition as an educative force in society. * Draws on the findings of recent research by American, British and European scholars. * Includes original documentary evidence in translation.
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"Helen Rawlings combines a thoughtful reading of the vast secondaryliterature on the Spanish Inquisition with an adroit deployment ofsamples from the sources and with formidable statisticalinformation. The Spanish Inquisition is a thorough,balanced, and insightful rendering of one of the most controversialtopics in history. An excellent book!" Teofilo F Ruiz,University of California, Los Angeles
"Offers insights into a much mythologised and malignedphenomenon and, historiographically, it's bang up to date."
BBC History 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 Ecclesiastical History
"Offers insights into a much mythologised and malignedphenomenon and, historiographically, it's bang up to date."
BBC History 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 Ecclesiastical History