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1626 : a year in the life of the Roman Inquisition / Stefania Tutino.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tutino, Stefania, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church. Congregatio Sancti Officii--History--17th century.
- Catholic Church.
- Inquisition--Europe--History--17th century.
- Inquisition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (448 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- Drawing on an extraordinarily large body of hitherto unexamined archival material, this book reconstructs all the activities of the Roman Inquisition in the year 1626.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1626: What's in a Year?
- Micro, Macro, and Everything In-Between: Questions of Scale
- Understanding the Roman Inquisition in Context: Rigidity, Flexibility, and Complexity
- The Structure of this Book
- 1 Facts and Figures
- A Note About Classifications
- At a Glance: Cases and Decisions
- Cases
- Decisions
- 2 Cases: Internal Affairs
- The Roman Inquisition: Institutional Configuration and Procedures
- Inquisitorial Manuals: Setting and Enforcing Standards
- Personnel
- Procedure
- Breaking Free
- Familiares
- 3 Cases: Money
- Usury
- The Financial and Fiscal Structure of the Inquisition
- Administration: Revenues
- Pecuniary Fines and Confiscations: Two Necessary and Controversial Sources of Income
- Money and the Jewish Communities
- Administration: Expenses
- Money and Personnel: The Case of Notaries
- 4 Cases: Sex
- Sollicitatio ad Turpia: Rome versus the Local Tribunals
- Sollicitatio: A Few Examples
- Inquisitors, Bishops, and the Problem of Jurisdiction
- Inquisitors, Confessors, and the Problem of Denunciation
- Polygamy: Sex, Theology, and Mobility
- Attempted Polygamy: Gaming the System?
- Sexual Sins and the Shadow of Heresy
- 5 Cases: Doctrine I
- Doctrinal Errors
- Borderlands, Mobility, and the Danger of Heresy
- Homegrown Doctrinal Errors
- Supernatural Abuses
- Sortilege and Magic Between Heresy and Superstition
- Witchcraft
- Exorcism and Demonic Possession
- Exorcisms in Sorrento: A Long, Complex, and Revealing Story of Faith, Devotion, and Superstition
- 6 Cases: Doctrine II
- Clerical/Spiritual Malpractice: Correcting Badly Behaved Clergy
- Clerical Impostors and Fake Priests
- Books
- Censoring Books in 1626: People and Places
- Censoring Books: Themes.
- 7 Cases: Ecclesiology and Politics
- Inquisitors Versus Bishops
- Defending the Authority of the Holy Office
- Politics
- Politics, Religion, and Questions of Jurisdiction: The Case of Domenico Maccarano
- Outspoken Jurists, Secret Deals, and the Holy Office
- Censoring the Book
- Punishing the Printer
- The Arrest and Its Aftermath
- Epilogue
- Conclusion
- 8 Cases: Setting and Crossing Boundaries
- Mobile People
- Jews and "Judaizers"
- Special Cases
- 9 Decisions
- Licenses for Prohibited Books
- Spontaneous Appearances and Denunciations
- Facultates
- Pardons, Favors, and Other Requests: Local Needs and Centralized Authority
- Notes
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 6, 2025).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-780687-2
- 0-19-780688-0
- 0-19-780686-4
- OCLC:
- 1504685062
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