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Manuscript and print sources for the study of Inquisition history

Explore the history of early modern inquisitions through their documentary legacy.

The materials featured on this website are from the University of Notre Dame's Harley L. McDevitt Inquisition Collection. The collection consists of several hundred items, from printed volumes to unique manuscripts and images, all bearing some relationship to the general theme of "inquisition." The collection emphasizes the actions of the Spanish inquisitions of the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries, but also documents elements of medieval, Portuguese, Roman, and New World inquisitions.

Inquisition Resources by Genre

Browse the entire digital collection or approach it by documentary genre. Materials in this section are organized into seven genres:

  • Inquisitorial Manuals
  • Trials and Sentencing
  • Autos de Fe
  • Censorship
  • Familiars and Officials
  • Policies and Proceedings
  • Polemics and Histories

Scholarly essays introduce the genres and explain how they connect to the work, functions, and histories of the inquisitions of Europe and the New World. Featured sources are provided for each genre.

Featured Items

Index et catalogus librorum prohibitorum

Index et catalogus librorum prohibitorum

1583

Inquisicion de Granada, Familiar Certificate given to Gaspar Lopez de la Palma

Inquisicion de Granada, Familiar Certificate given to Gaspar Lopez de la Palma

1615 December 23

Josef Nuenta Escalante, Jose Manuel Calderon, et al., "Diligencias contra el Reo Atanacio de la Crus, por haver echo pacto, con el Diablo..."

Josef Nuenta Escalante, Jose Manuel Calderon, et al., "Diligencias contra el Reo Atanacio de la Crus, por haver echo pacto, con el Diablo..."

1798-1799

For more information about the collection, for appointments to view items for research purposes, or for rights and reproductions, please email us at rarebooks@nd.edu or visit our website.

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