{"product_id":"the-inquisition-in-new-spain-15361820-9781421403854","title":"The Inquisition in New Spain 15361820","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing fifty-eight newly translated documents, meticulous annotations, and trenchant contextual analysis, this documentary history is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand the Inquisition in general and its nearly three-hundred-year reign in the New World in particular.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of documents pertaining to the Holy Office of the Inquisition for New Spain makes an important contribution to readers' understanding of the efforts to maintain social control and religious conformity in multiethnic New Spain. Choice Chuchiak's book is recommended for classroom use as well as for researchers and lecturers on the subject. Those interested in knowing more about the Inquisition will find this book a must read. Colonial Latin American Historical Review John F. Chuchiak offers the most comprehensive account published in English of the administrative operation of the Inquisition in New Spain. -- Jose Esquibel Good Reads A revelation and a pleasure. [ The Inquisition in New Spain, 1536-1820] will be much appreciated by scholars and students of colonial Latin America. -- Matthew Restall Journal of Latin American Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Documents\u003cbr\u003eForeword, by Asunción Lavrin\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eEditor's Note\u003cbr\u003eThe Holy Office of the Inquisition in New Spain (Mexico): An Introductory Study\u003cbr\u003e1. Laws, Regulations, and Instructions concerning the Holy Office\u003cbr\u003eRegulations concerning the Tribunals of the Holy Office of the Inquisition\u003cbr\u003e2. Documents concerning the Operations and Procedures of the Inquisition in New Spain\u003cbr\u003eEdicts of Faith of the Inquisition in New Spain\u003cbr\u003eInquisition Prisons and Life in the Cells\u003cbr\u003eAdministration of Torture in Inquisition Trials\u003cbr\u003eAutos-da-fé in New Spain\u003cbr\u003eFinances and Assets of the Inquisition in New Spain\u003cbr\u003e3. Selections of Trials and Procesos de Fe of the Inquisition in New Spain, 1536–1820\u003cbr\u003eBlasphemy Trials\u003cbr\u003eBigamy, Polygamy, and Crimes against the Sacrament of Matrimony\u003cbr\u003eTrials and Testimonies against Jewish and Crypto-Jewish Practices\u003cbr\u003eTrials and Testimonies against Lutherans, Calvinists, and Other Protestants\u003cbr\u003eTrials and Testimonies against Alumbrados (Illuminati) and Others for Heretical Acts and False Revelations\u003cbr\u003eTrials and Testimonies against Superstitions, Sorcery, and Magical Practices\u003cbr\u003eTrials and Testimonies against the Use of Peyote and Other Herbs and Plantsfor Divination\u003cbr\u003eTrials and Testimonies Related to Prohibited Books\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529523568983,"sku":"9781421403854","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421403854.jpg?v=1731875949","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-inquisition-in-new-spain-15361820-9781421403854","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}