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Book SynopsisInquisitions of heresy have long fascinated both specialists and non-specialists. A Companion to Heresy Inquisitions presents a synthesis of the immense amount of scholarship generated about these institutions in recent years. The volume offers an overview of many of the most significant areas of heresy inquisitions, both medieval and early modern. The essays in this collection are intended to introduce the reader to disagreements and advances in the field, as well as providing a navigational aid to the wide variety of recent discoveries and controversies in studies of heresy inquisitions. Contributors: Christine Ames, Feberico Barbierato, Elena Bonora, Lúcia Helena Costigan, Michael Frassetto, Henry Ansgar Kelly, Helen Rawlings, Lucy Sackville, Werner Thomas, and Robin Vose
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction Donald S. Prudlo Part 1: Origins of Inquisitions of Heretical Depravity 1 The Spiritual Foundations of Christian Heresy Inquisitions Christine Caldwell Ames 2 Precursors to Religious Inquisitions: Anti-Heretical efforts to 1184 Michael Frassetto Part 2: Medieval Inquisitions 3 The Fourth Lateran Ordo of Inquisition Adapted to the Prosecution of Heresy Henry Ansgar Kelly 4 The Church’s Institutional Response to Heresy in the 13th Century Lucy Sackville 5 Heresy Inquisitions in the Later Middle Ages Robin Vose Part 3: The Iberian Inquisitions 6 The Spanish Inquisition and the Converso Challenge (c.1480–1525): A Question of Race, Religion or Socio-Political Ascendancy? Helen Rawlings 7 The Metamorphosis of the Spanish Inquisition, 1520–1648 Werner Thomas 8 The Rise of the Modern Inquisition in Portugal and Brazil, and the Transformation of Jews and New Christians into Heretics Lúcia Helena Costigan Part 4: The Italian Inquisitions 9 The Takeover of the Roman Inquisition Elena Bonora 10 Politics, Diplomacy and Religious Dissent. The Activity of the Inquisition in Early Modern Venice Federico Barbierato Bibliography Index
