Between Court and Confessional The Politics of Spanish Inquisitors |
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| Author:
| Lynn, Kimberly |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-03116-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $89.99 |
Book Description:
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Between Court and Confessional explores the lives of Spanish inquisitors, closely examining the careers and writings of five sixteenth- and seventeenth-century inquisitors. Kimberly Lynn probes the lives of individual inquisitors to explain how the theory and regulations of the Inquisition were rooted in local conditions, particular disputes and individual experiences.
Between Court and Confessional explores the lives of Spanish inquisitors, closely examining the careers and writings of five sixteenth- and seventeenth-century inquisitors. Kimberly Lynn probes the lives of individual inquisitors to explain how the theory and regulations of the Inquisition were rooted in local conditions, particular disputes and individual experiences.