Description
The ten essays that comprise this volume describe and analyze archival sources on the Inquisition in southern Europe. The work of inter¬nationally prominent scholars, the essays provide a rich resource for students of the Inquisition and establish a significant overview of the social history of the period. The essays include Gustav Henningsen and John Tedeschi's introduction describing the original symposium from which several of the essays were drawn; John Tedeschi's analysis of Italian inquisitorial sources in repositories throughout Europe; Patricia Jobe's examination of the largely unexplored holdings of modern inquisitorial manuscripts in the Vatican Library; Gustav Henningsen's discussion of the "archivology" and historiography of the Spanish Inquisition; Charles Amiel's survey of the archives of the Portuguese Inquisition and the possibilities for research they offer; Jaime Contreras and Gustav Henningsen's description of their work in Madrid's Archivo Historico Nacional and the extensive records available there; E. William Monter and John Tedeschi's compilation and analysis of more than 10,000 trial records held in Italian inquisitorial archives; Jean Pierre Dedieu's investigation of the surviving documents of the Tribunal of Toledo and the ways these records can shed light on the life and thought of the times; Carlo Ginzburg's study of inquisitorial documents and pamphlet literature and how they reflect relations between high culture and the culture of the subordinate classes; and Giovanni Gonnet's historiographical survey of the medieval phase of the Inquisition.Gustav Henningsen is research director of the Danish Folklore Archives in Copenhagen. John Tedeschi, curator of rare books and special collections at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is also a fellow in the university's Institute for Research in the Humanities. Charles Amiel is professor of Iberian studies and sous-directeur at the College de France.Jacket design by Jo Aerne
