The rise of the Inquisition : an introduction to the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions

Persecution. Torture. Death. Secrecy. Thousands of Jews forcibly converted to Christianity in Spain and Portugal were subjected to religious persecution for continuing to adhere to their ancestral faith. The Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions lasted for centuries, and when their attention on Judaizers ended, they switched to other concerns including Protestantism, Bigamy, and Blasphemy. The Inquisition typically conjures up images of intolerance, persecution, and violence and rightly so. Many people think of it as a reflection of the spiritual, scholastic, and scientific darkness of the medieval period. Hundreds of thousands of trials were processed during its lengthy reign ... Discover the fascinating history of the Inquisition. Introduction......Page 10 Christianity and Forced Conversions......Page 16 Jewish Attempts at Rejudaizing Converts......Page 22 The Case of Salves Barbe......Page 24 The Case of Johannes......Page 25 The Case of Baruch......Page 26 Early Inquisitional Tribunals in Aragon......Page 29 The Inquisition Reinvigorated......Page 36 The Solution to the Converso Problem......Page 39 The Inquisition Unleashed......Page 40 The Appointment of Thomas de Torquemada......Page 45 The Inquisition in Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia......Page 47 The Death of the Inquisitor Pedro Arbues......Page 48 Opposition to the Inquisition in Toledo......Page 49 Opposition to the Inquisition in Catalonia......Page 51 Music as Evidence of Judaizing......Page 52 The Edicts of Expulsion......Page 54 The Next Phase......Page 58 The Edict of Expulsion and the Number of the Exiles......Page 59 Financial Challenges, Expulsion, and Conversion......Page 62 The Kingdom of Portugal......Page 66 The Inquisition’s Uncompromising Pursuit......Page 72 Charles V and Inquisitional Policy......Page 74 The Inquisition under the Reign of the Philips......Page 77 The New World......Page 79 The Inquisition in Portugal......Page 81 Continued Struggles under the Inquisition......Page 83 The Papal Bull of May 23, 1536......Page 84 The Lisbon Placard......Page 86 The First Portuguese Auto da Fé......Page 87 The Papal Bull of August 22, 1546......Page 88 The Submission of the Curia......Page 89 The General Pardon of 1604......Page 90 Attempts to Restrain the Tribunal......Page 91 The Portuguese Inquisition and Portuguese Colonies......Page 92 The Inquisition in Rome......Page 93 Menasseh Ben Israel and the Inquisition......Page 94 Dom Diego da Annunciacao Justiano......Page 100 The Perspective of Yitzhak Baer and Haim Beinart......Page 105 Benzion Netanyahu’s and Norman Roth’s Challenge......Page 106 Samuel Usque’s Description of the Inquisition......Page 110 Afterword......Page 111 Bibliography......Page 112 Index......Page 128