 | The Roman Inquisition on the Stage of Italy, c. 1590-1640 Subjects: Catholic Church. Congregatio Romanae et Universalis Inquisitionis; Inquisition -- Italy -- History -- 16th century; Inquisition -- Italy -- History -- 17th century; Trials (Heresy) -- Italy -- History -- 16th century; Trials (Heresy) -- Italy -- History -; Drawing on the Roman Inquisition's own records, diplomatic correspondence, local documents, newsletters, and other sources, Thomas F. Mayer provides an intricately detailed account of the ways the Inquisition operated to serve the papacy's long-standing political aims in Naples, Venice, and Florence between 1590 and 1640. Thomas F. Mayer is author of The Roman Inquisition: A Papal Bureaucracy and Its Laws in the Age of Galileo, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press, and Reginald Pole: Prince and Prophet. He is also editor and translator of The Trial of Galileo, 1612-1633. |
