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1626 : a year in the life of the Roman Inquisition / Stefania Tutino.

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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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