BETWEEN COURT AND CONFESSIONAL

Between Court and Confessional explores the lives of Spanish inquisitors, closely examining the careers and writings of five sixteen th- and seventeenth-century inquisitors. Kimberly Lynn considers what shaped particular inquisitors, what kinds of official experien ce each accumulated, and to what ends each directed his acquired knowledge and experience. The case studies examine the complex inte rplay of careerism and ideological commitments evident in inquisitorial activities. Whereas many studies of the Spanish Inquisition tend to d...[Read more]