{"product_id":"arguello-gaspar-isidro-de","title":"ARGÜELLO, Gaspar Isidro de.","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Garamond',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Garamond',serif;\"\u003eSecond edition, first published 1627, of this extremely rare guide to the operation of the Spanish Inquisition by the inquisitor Gaspar Isidro de Argüello, consisting of condensed versions of the original set of instructions by the first Grand Inquisitor, Tomás de Torquemada (1420-98), and the ordinances of Toledo promulgated in 1572, preceded by an ‘abecedario’ or alphabetical index.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Garamond',serif;\"\u003eInitially the Spanish Inquisition was primarily concerned with punishing and coercing converted Jews (conversos) and Muslims (moriscos) who were suspected of\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003epracticing their original faiths in secret. The second part of this book begins with the instructions concerning the Inquisition in Seville and particularly the Jewish area of Santa Cruz, where the Jews were ruthlessly repressed, either banish by edict in 1492 or forced to convert, with specific mention of the errors of Jewish ceremonies. There are also letters of instruction to the city and bishopric of Barcelona. The guide is designed to aid functionaries of the Inquisition in enacting its measures, containing in particular formalae for words to be spoken by those strongly suspected of heresy (vehementi) and those who have been found guilty (deliti), in which they repudiated their heretical beliefs. The exemplar used is for a heretic from Valladolid, showing the wide reach of Torquemada's Inquisition across Spain. There are also instructions for the various bureaucratic officers of the Inquisition: alguaciles, responsible for rounding up and imprisoning heretics, notaries who recorded cases, judges of goods, responsible for seizing property, treasurers and auditors who managed the finances of fines, etc., and the inquisitors themselves. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Garamond',serif;\"\u003eBy the time of this reprint of Torquemada's original instructions, the Jewish conversos were no longer a significant 'problem' for the Spanish church and crown, the focus having shifted to broader Counter-Reformation anti-Protestantism, censorship of books, etc. The ordinances of Toledo 1572, which attempted to further consolidate the bureaucratic processes of the Inquisition, refer to forbidden books, reflecting the introduction of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum in 1559 after the Council of Trent. They also contain detailed descriptions of trial procedure, including a long discussion of the sentence of torture and its implementation, incarceration, and the auto-da-fe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Garamond',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Garamond',serif;\"\u003eOCLC notes a single copy of this edition in the US, at UPenn, and only two copies of the first edition, at the Newberry and Brigham Young. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARGÜELLO, Gaspar Isidro de.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58166775939407,"sku":"L4335","price":4950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.sokol.co.uk\/products\/arguello-gaspar-isidro-de","provider":"Sokol Books Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}