Frontiers of Heresy: The Spanish Inquisition from the Basque Lands to Sicily (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)

Frontiers Of Heresy Is Among The First Major English-language Contributions To The History Of The Spanish Inquisition Since Henry Charles Lea Completed His Classic Curvey Eighty Years Ago. Focusing On The Lands Beyond Castile, Professor Monter Analyzes The Activities Of The Holy Office During An 'aragonese Century' (1530-1630) When These Frontier Tribunals Were Its Most Active Elements. This 'other' Spanish Inquisition Virtually Ignored Converted Jews And Their Descendants, But Brutally Harassed Moriscos And Immigrant Workers From France; It Executed Nearly As Many People For Sodomy As For Heresy. Despite Opposition From Local Elites, The Inquisition Performed Many Services For The King, Sending Thousands Of Heretics To The Galleys And Even Capturing Horse-smugglers Along The Pyrenees. Frontiers Of Heresy Is Based Upon An Immense Variety Of Archival Sources, And Represents A Significant Reappraisal Of One Of The Most Important Yet Misunderstood Institutions Of Early Modern Europe. William Monter. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Frontmatter List of maps and figure (page ix) List of tables (page x) Preface (page xi) PART 1 THE HOLY OFFICE OUTSIDE CASTILE 1 The Castilian Inquisition in the Crown of Aragon, 1484-1530 (page 3) 2 The Aragonese century of the Spanish Inquisition, 1530-1630 (page 29) 3 The Aragonese Secretariat: public and private faces (page 55) PART 2 ARAGONESE TRIBUNALS 4 Saragossa: a royal fortress (page 79) 5 Barcelona: Inquisitors with short arms (page 105) 6 Valencia: taming the magnates (page 125) 7 Navarre: the four conspiracies (page 143) 8 Sicily: Italian wine in Spanish bottles (page 164) PART 3 ARAGONESE HERESIES 9 Patters on Morisco persecution in northern Spain (page 189) 10 The survival of Morisco culture in Aragon (page 209) 11 Protestants, Frenchmen, and toleration (page 231) PART 4 "MIXED CRIMES" IN ARAGON 12 Witchcraft: the forgotten offense (page 255) 13 Sodomy: the fateful accident (page 276) PART 5 RECESSIONAL 14 The eclipse of Aragon, 1630-1730 (page 303) Conclusion: one king, one law, one faith (page 321) APPENDICES 1 Deaths at public auto de fe in the Aragonese Secretariat, 1540-1640 (page 326) 2 Galley condemnations in the Aragonese Secretariat, 1560-1640 (page 328) 3 Executions in effigy in the Aragonese Secretariat, 1541-1640 (page 331) Glossary (page 334) Index (page 337)

Frontiers of Heresy is among the first major English-language contributions to the history of the Spanish Inquisition since Henry Charles Lea completed his classic curvey eighty years ago. Focusing on the lands beyond Castile, Professor Monter analyzes the activities of the Holy Office during an 'Aragonese Century' (1530–1630) when these frontier tribunals were its most active elements. This 'other' Spanish Inquisition virtually ignored converted Jews and their descendants, but brutally harassed Moriscos and immigrant workers from France; it executed nearly as many people for sodomy as for heresy. Despite opposition from local elites, the Inquisition performed many services for the king, sending thousands of heretics to the galleys and even capturing horse-smugglers along the Pyrenees. Frontiers of Heresy is based upon an immense variety of archival sources, and represents a significant reappraisal of one of the most important yet misunderstood institutions of early modern Europe.

Frontiers of Heresy is a history of the 'other' Spanish Inquisition, in the lands beyond Castile, during an 'Aragonese Century' (1530–1630) when the frontier tribunals were theInquisition's most active agents. This is a significant reappraisal of one of the most important yet misunderstood institutions of early modern Europe. The Spanish Inquisition, like such other important innovations of Ferdinand and Isabella as the Santa Hermandad or the corregidores, was born in Castile.