Chuchiak IV The Inquisition in New Spain, 1536–1820

A Documentary History
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4214-0449-3
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

The Inquisition! Just the word itself evokes, to the modern reader, endless images of torment, violence, corruption, and intolerance committed in the name of Catholic orthodoxy and societal conformity. But what do most people actually know about the Inquisition, its ministers, its procedures? This systematic, comprehensive look at one of the most important Inquisition tribunals in the New World reveals a surprisingly diverse panorama of actors, events, and ideas that came into contact and conflict in the central arena of religious faith.

Edited and annotated by John F. Chuchiak IV, this collection of previously untranslated and unpublished documents from the Holy Office of the Inquisition in New Spain provides a clear understanding of how the Inquisition originated, evolved, and functioned in the colonial Spanish territories of Mexico and northern Central America. The three sections of documents lay out the laws and regulations of the Inquisition, follow examples of its day-to-day operations and procedures, and detail select trial proceedings. Chuchiak’s opening chapter and brief section introductions provide the social, historical, political, and religious background necessary to comprehend the complex and generally misunderstood institutions of the Inquisition and the effect it has had on societal development in modern-day Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras.

Featuring 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chuchiak IV, John F.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Chuchiak IV, John F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Documents
Foreword, by Asunción Lavrin
Preface
Acknowledgments
Editor's Note
The Holy Office of the Inquisition in New Spain (Mexico): An Introductory Study
1. Laws, Regulations, and Instructions concerning the Holy Office
Regulations concerning the Tribunals of the Holy Office of the Inquisition
2. Documents concerning the Operations and Procedures of the Inquisition in New Spain
Edicts of Faith of the Inquisition in New Spain
Inquisition Prisons and Life in the Cells
Administration of Torture in Inquisition Trials
Autos-da-fé in New Spain
Finances and Assets of the Inquisition in New Spain
3. Selections of Trials and Procesos de Fe of the Inquisition in New Spain, 1536–1820
Blasphemy Trials
Bigamy, Polygamy, and Crimes against the Sacrament of Matrimony
Trials and Testimonies against Jewish and Crypto-Jewish Practices
Trials and Testimonies against Lutherans, Calvinists, and Other Protestants
Trials and Testimonies against Alumbrados (Illuminati) and Others for Heretical Acts and False Revelations
Trials and Testimonies against Superstitions, Sorcery, and Magical Practices
Trials and Testimonies against the Use of Peyote and Other Herbs and Plantsfor Divination
Trials and Testimonies Related to Prohibited Books
Glossary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Chuchiak IV, John F.
John F. Chuchiak IV is a professor of Colonial Latin American History and the Rich and Doris Young Honors College Endowed Professor at Missouri State University, where he is the director of the Honors College and of the Latin American, Caribbean, and Hispanic Studies Program.

Chuchiak IV, John F.
John F. Chuchiak IV is a professor of Colonial Latin American History and the Rich and Doris Young Honors College Endowed Professor at Missouri State University, where he is the director of the Honors College and of the Latin American, Caribbean, and Hispanic Studies Program.

John F. Chuchiak IV is a professor of Colonial Latin American History and the Rich and Doris Young Honors College Endowed Professor at Missouri State University, where he is the director of the Honors College and of the Latin American, Caribbean, and Hispanic Studies Program.