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Bishop and Inquisitor against burials in churches, 1781

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000

Felipe Bertrán, Inquisitor General and bishop of Salamanca, argues that the burial of the faithful in churches goes against the principles of the primitive Church and constitutes a source of unhealthiness. In the same way he says that the sacred space is meant for praying, hearing the Holy Mass and receiving the body and blood of the Saviour. He then makes a historical exhortation to the evolution of mortuary practice in churches. This response was offered to the Council of Castile in its 1781 consultation with the Spanish bishops on the question of burials in places of worship.

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Malaespina, Alejandro

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:51 +0000

Prosecutorial allegation of the process of faith of the Court of the Inquisition of Murcia against Alejandro Malaespina, Italian sailor with service in the Hispanic Monarchy, for propositions. Head of the Malaespina Expedition, Alejandro was an outstanding sailor who commanded some of the most outstanding scientific expeditions of the 18th century. On his return in 1794 and after conspiring to overthrow Godoy, his figure gradually disappeared from the political scene, leaving only his scientific achievements as a legacy.

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Dossier on the evangelisation of the Thieves Islands or Mariana Islands

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:51 +0000

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Announcement relating to the edict of expulsion of the Moors from the kingdom of Aragon

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:51 +0000

The expulsion of nearly three hundred thousand Hispanic Moriscos, decided by Philip III on 4 April 1609, was the culmination of the process of eliminating religious minorities that began in our country with the expulsion of the Jews in 1492 and put an end to the more or less peaceful coexistence that had been taking place since the Middle Ages between Christians and Mudejars. The compulsory conversion of the Mudejars, after the conquest of the Kingdom of Granada (1492), now known as Moriscos, brought the conflict to a standstill for a few decades, during which there was equal parts distrust and support, hostility and rapprochement. The different solutions proposed for the assimilation of the Moriscos, ranging from evangelisation to inquisitorial repression, show that doctrinal controversies also involved a political process of repression motivated by the context of the Hispanic Monarchy’s ongoing conflicts with the Turks and Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean. The uprising of the Moors in Granada (1568-1570) marked the end of illusions about the possibility of mutual understanding. The general expulsion sanctioned the triumph of an exclusive Catholicism in Spain. The vicissitudes in which the expulsion took place and the social and economic consequences of forced emigration were suffered throughout the 17th century and are detailed in thousands of documents recorded in volumes and bundles in the Archive of the Crown of Aragon.

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Jesuit Luis Pimentel’s request for more religious

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:51 +0000

Within the framework of the evangelisation process in the Indies and other Spanish colonies, the Spanish monarchy developed an intense evangelisation process in the Mariana Islands and, by extension, in the Pacific territories under its dominion. In the case of the Philippines, this evangelisation was carried out intensively by Jesuits. In the same way, from the Philippines, the idea of trying to evangelise eastern territories, such as China, was postulated, as requested by Luis Pimentel, procurator general of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines.

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Process of faith of the Moors

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:42 +0000

During his reign, Philip II (1556-1598) encountered serious social problems within his dominions. In particular, the case of the Moors, i.e. Mudejars who had accepted their conversion to Christianity in order to remain on Spanish soil, is particularly relevant. For decades, numerous processes of confirmation of conversion and faith took place in order to account for the correct religious behaviour of the converted families. The historical process, marked by events such as the Rebellion of the Alpujarras or the War of the Alpujarras, finally led to the expulsion of the Moors from the Hispanic Monarchy. This order, issued by Philip III, was carried out in stages between 1609 and 1613.

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Warnings from France on the uprising being prepared by the Moors in Spain

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:42 +0000

During his reign, Philip II (1556-1598) encountered serious social problems within his dominions. Of particular relevance was the case of the Moors, i.e. the Mudejars who had accepted their conversion to Christianity in order to remain on Spanish soil. An example of this can be seen in this document, which warns, from France, of the possibility of an uprising in the territories of the Monarchy. As a result of these events, numerous processes of confirmation of conversion and faith took place over the decades in order to account for the correct religious behaviour of the converted families. The historical process, marked by events such as the Rebellion of the Alpujarras or the War of the Alpujarras, finally led to the expulsion of the Moors from the Spanish Monarchy. This order, issued by Philip III, was carried out in stages between 1609 and 1613.

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Description of the Warlock Sabbath

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:25 +0000

This image is an engraving made by the draughtsman Jan Ziarnko in 1612 for the work Tableau de l’inconstance des mauvais anges et démons, où il est amplement traicté des sorciers et de la sorcellerie, written by the inquisitor Pierre de Lancre (Pierre de L’Ancre) in 1609, following his actions and visits in Lapurdi, one of the historical territories that make up the natural region of Lower Navarre and which are located in the French Basque Country. The phenomenon of witchcraft and witch-hunting, which responds to a complex social, economic, political and cultural causality, flourished in the Spanish context from the first decades of the 16th century until the beginning of the 17th century, with the regions most affected by witch-hunting being those located in the north of the peninsula and, especially, close to the border with France, such as Navarre, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Aragon. Both civil and ecclesiastical courts acted in these trials, with the Inquisition being the main institution responsible for prosecuting these practices after the Junta of Granada in 1526. In addition to civil and ecclesiastical justice, there was also a “popular justice”, exercised by the locals themselves, who in addition to carrying out most of the accusations, were responsible for marginalising and even subjecting those accused of witchcraft to public humiliation. The selected image represents a convent or “sabbat”, as the meetings or town councils of witches and warlocks were usually called. It shows some of the most common stereotypes that were assimilated to witchcraft practices, such as making poison with toads and other magical powders (bottom centre of the image), feeding on children (bottom right), transforming themselves into animals or magical beings with an animal appearance (bottom right), dancing and dancing to the sound of music (bottom right), dancing and dancing to music, flying in order to travel to the Sabbaths – usually on a broomstick – (middle of the picture) or the presence of the devil as a goat, seated on an altar, to whom children are offered (top right) to be sacrificed. The phenomenon of witch-hunting, which had a relative impact on the peninsular territories of the Spanish Monarchy compared to other regions such as France, Poland or the Holy Roman Empire (now Germany), began to disappear in the second half of the 17th century.

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Francisco (Gonzalo) Jiménez de Cisneros

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:16 +0000

Website of the electronic Biographical Dictionary (DB-e) of the Royal Academy of History where you can consult extensive information about Francisco (Gonzalo) Jiménez de Cisernos, better known as Cardinal Cisneros. The portal contains the most relevant facts of his life, bibliography, images and links of interest. Address: José García Oro, OFM.

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Expulsion of the Jews. Truths and lies

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:11 +0000

13-minute video about a controversial topic in Spanish history and popular imagination, the expulsion of the Jews. The results are difficult to understand if one takes into account that what happened in Spain was not the most massive expulsion, nor the last, nor, of course, the most violent. France expelled this religious minority up to four times in its history, without its persistent anti-Semitism being so interesting for the popular imagination.

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