Le Saint-Office face au tribunal de l’opinion. Controverse et réforme de la justice inquisitoriale en Castille au temps de la congrégation de Burgos (1508)
First undertaken by Juan-Antonio Llorente and taken further by the positivist historian Henry Charles Lea, the study of the Spanish Inquisition through the prism of Spanish public opinion in the 16th century has provoked and is still provoking interest among historians. With the aim of demonstrating...
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| Language: | English |
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UMR 5136- France, Amériques, Espagne – Sociétés, Pouvoirs, Acteurs (FRAMESPA)
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Les Cahiers de Framespa |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/framespa/2572 |
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| Summary: | First undertaken by Juan-Antonio Llorente and taken further by the positivist historian Henry Charles Lea, the study of the Spanish Inquisition through the prism of Spanish public opinion in the 16th century has provoked and is still provoking interest among historians. With the aim of demonstrating that the setting up and continuing work of the Holy Office were achieved without the support of the Spaniards, and pursuing the topics of the Black Legend, the two fathers of the contemporary historiography of the Inquisition shed light on public opinion that was unfavourably disposed to the Holy Office. However, looking at primary evidence and in particular at the 1508 General Congregation of Burgos, the issue can be seen in a different light. The controversy arising from the use of inquisitorial justice at the start of the 16th century seems to have been the basis of a dialogue through which the Holy Office was able to reform itself and establish stronger roots, by using strategies of legitimation based on innovative interpretations of the legality of its action. |
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| ISSN: | 1760-4761 |