Cultural Encounters: The Impact of the Inquisition in Spain and the New World (Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA)

More Than Just An Expression Of Religious Authority Or An Instrument Of Social Control, The Inquisition Was An Arena Where Cultures Met And Clashed On Both Shores Of The Atlantic. This Pioneering Volume Examines How Cultural Identities Were Maintained Despite Oppression. Persecuted Groups Were Able To Survive The Inquisition By Means Of Diverse Strategies - Whether Christianized Jews In Spain Preserving Their Experiences In Literature, Or Native American Folk Healers Practicing Medical Care. These Investigations Of Social Resistance And Cultural Persistence Will Reinforce The Cultural Significance Of The Inquisition--publisher's Description. Colonizing Souls : The Failure Of The Indian Inquisition And The Rise Of Penitential Discipline / J. Jorge Klor De Alva -- New Spain's Inquisition For Indians From The Sixteenth To The Nineteenth Century / Roberto Moreno De Los Arcos -- The Inquisition's Repression Of Curanderos / Noemí Quezada -- Sorcery And Eroticism In Love Magic / María Helena Sánchez Ortega -- Visionaries And Affective Spirituality During The First Half Of The Sixteenth Century / Geraldine Mckendrick And Angus Mackay -- Politics, Prophecy, And The Inquisition In Late Sixteenth-century Spain / Richard L. Kagan -- Family And Patronage : The Judeo-converso Minority In Spain / Jamie Contreras -- The Jew As Witch : Displaced Aggression And The Myth Of The Santo Niño De La Guardia / Stephen Haliczer. On Knowing Other People's Lives, Inquisitorially And Artistically / Joseph H. Silverman -- Scorched Parchments And Tortured Memories : The Jewishness Of The Anussim (crypto-jews) / Moshe Lazar -- The Inquisition And The Crypto-jewish Community In Colonial New Spain And New Mexico / Stanley M. Hordes -- Recent Historiography Of The Spanish Inquisition (1977-1988) : Balance And Perspective / Jesús M. De Bujanda -- Historiography Of The Mexican Inquisition : Evolution Of Interpretations And Methodologies / Richard E. Greenleaf. Edited By Mary Elizabeth Perry And Anne J. Cruz. Published Under The Auspices Of The Center For Medieval And Renaissance Studies, University Of California, Los Angeles--half T.p. Papers Presented At An International Conference Held March 25-27, 1988 In Los Angeles, Calif., Sponsored By The University Of California, Irvine, The University Of California, Los Angeles, And The University Of Southern California. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cultural Encounters 2 CONTENTS 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 8 INTRODUCTION 10 PART ONE— THE INQUISITION AND THE LIMITS OF DISCIPLINE 18 One— Colonizing Souls: The Failure of the Indian Inquisition and the Rise of Penitential Discipline 19 The Inquisition and the Economy of Punishment 24 From Punishment to Discipline 29 Punishment and the Disciplining of the Soul 29 The Invisible Origin and Object of Discipline 32 The Ubiquity and Uniformity of Discipline 33 Notes 34 Bibliography 36 Two— New Spain's Inquisition for Indians from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century 39 Notes 48 Three— The Inquisition's Repression of Curanderos 53 The Curanderos and the Holy Office5 54 The Curanderos Punished by the Holy Office 57 The Accusations 62 The Trials 63 Detentions and Imprisonment 64 The Confession and Torture 65 The Sentences 66 Public Punishment 66 Conclusions 68 Notes 69 Four— Sorcery and Eroticism in Love Magic 74 Love Magic 75 Amorous Anxiety in Feminine Sorcery 77 The Erotic Bond As Weapon 94 Sentimental Pragmatism and Love Magic 99 Notes 103 Five— Visionaries and Affective Spirituality during the First Half of the Sixteenth Century 109 Notes 117 Six— Politics, Prophecy, and the Inquisition in Late Sixteenth-Century Spain 121 Piedrola 127 Lucrecia de León 131 The "Nun of Lisbon" 134 Notes 136 PART TWO— PERSECUTION AND PERSISTENCE 141 Seven— Family and Patronage: The Judeo-Converso Minority in Spain 142 Notes 157 Eight— The Jew As Witch: Displaced Aggression and the Myth of the Santo Niño de La Guardia 161 Notes 170 Nine— On Knowing Other People's Lives, Inquisitorially and Artistically 172 Works Cited 188 Ten— Scorched Parchments and Tortured Memories: The "Jewishness" of the Anussim (Crypto-Jews) 191 Notes 215 Eleven— The Inquisition and the Crypto-Jewish Community in Colonial New Spain and New Mexico 222 Notes 230 PART THREE— BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS 233 Twelve— Recent Historiography of the Spanish Inquisition (1977–1988): Balance and Perspective 234 A Better Knowledge of the Inquisitorial Sources 235 A More Serene, Complete, and Critical History 237 A Politico-Religious Tribunal 239 An Institution with Religious and Social Control 240 An Organism of Cultural Repression 243 The Future of Inquisitorial Studies 244 Notes 246 Publications on the Spanish Inquisition, 1977–1988 247 Thirteen— Historiography of the Mexican Inquisition: Evolution of Interpretations and Methodologies 261 The Primitive Inquisition, 1522–1569 263 The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition 1571–1700 265 The Inquisition in Bourbon Mexico, 1700–1820 269 The Inquisition and the Indians 273 Crypto-Jews 278 Problems of Interpretation 281 Conclusion 285 Notes 286 CONTRIBUTORS 290 INDEX 293 A 293 B 293 C 294 D 295 E 295 F 295 G 295 H 296 I 296 J 297 K 297 L 297 M 297 N 298 O 298 P 298 Q 299 R 299 S 299 T 299 U 300 V 300 W 300 X 300 Y 300 Z 300