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Henry Charles Lea
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 418

Henry Charles Lea

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1931
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The scholarly career of an eminent American historian, author of the monumental History of the Inquisition.

Henry Charles Lea's Historical Writings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 210

Henry Charles Lea's Historical Writings

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1909
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Inquisition's Inquisitor
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 393

The Inquisition's Inquisitor

The first comprehensive biography of Philadelphia’s Henry C. Lea (1825–1909): historian, publisher, political activist, and reformer Writing in 1868, the Philadelphia publisher-cum-historian Henry Charles Lea informed a friend, “I am trying to collect the materials for a history of the Inquisition.” The collecting of these materials—books, manuscripts, and copies of thousands of pages of documents housed in musty European archives and libraries—would occupy Lea (1825–1909) for the remainder of his life. It also led to publication of A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages (1884–87) and his acknowledged masterpiece, A History of the Inquisition of Spain (1906–7). Reg...

Writing the Inquisition in Europe and America
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 268

Writing the Inquisition in Europe and America

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004
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  • Publisher: Unknown

American historian Henry Charles Lea and his Belgian colleague Paul Fredericq corresponded regularly between 1888 and 1908. Both pursued the study of the medieval and Spanish Inquisition. Their letters are an account of the creation of their body of work. They also reveal how history was used for political ends in an era when Europe was spellbound by the Dreyfus affair while concerns about "the power of Rome" were growing in America. --Publisher description.

A History of the Inquisition of Spain (Vol. 1-4)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1800

A History of the Inquisition of Spain (Vol. 1-4)

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-12-18
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  • Publisher: Good Press

Henry Charles Lea's 'A History of the Inquisition of Spain' is a comprehensive four-volume work that delves deep into the historical context and religious significance of the Spanish Inquisition. Lea's meticulous research and detailed analysis provide readers with a thorough understanding of this dark period in Spain's history, presenting a scholarly account of the Inquisition's origins, development, and impact on society. Written in a clear and engaging literary style, this book remains a classic study of the Inquisition's complexities and controversies, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in religious history or historical studies. Henry Charles Lea, an American historian a...

History of the Inquisition of Spain
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1793

History of the Inquisition of Spain

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-12-17
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  • Publisher: e-artnow

"A History of the Inquisition of Spain" in 4 volumes is one of the best-known works by the American historian Henry Charles Lea. The Spanish Inquisition (officially known as the "Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition") was established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms and to replace the Medieval Inquisition, which was under Papal control. It became the most substantive of the three different manifestations of the wider Catholic Inquisition along with the Roman Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition. The Inquisition was originally intended primarily to identify heretics among...

A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages
  • Language: en

A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1888
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 586

The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies

Based on primary sources, this is a detailed account of the Inquisition in Italy, Spain and South America.

Materials Toward a History of Witchcraft, Volume 1
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 480

Materials Toward a History of Witchcraft, Volume 1

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

The Moriscos of Spain
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 477

The Moriscos of Spain

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1999-01-01
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  • Publisher: Unknown

This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Lea Brothers & Co. in Philadelphia, 1901.