Tribunal of the Inquisition at Barcelona records
Original records of seventy-nine trials at the Inquisition in Barcelona, Spain signed by the inquisitors. The text contains their declarations, confessions and the testimonies of witnesses. Crimes include pacts with the devil, sorcery, witchcraft, sodomy, traffic with ghosts, etc.
This volume of Inquisition records was the property of Juan Antonio Llorente (1756-1823). Llorente was a Spanish historian who studied at the University of Saragossa. He was ordained priest and in 1782 became vicar-general to the bishop of Calahorra. In 1808 Llorente identified with the Bonapartists and engaged in the suppression of the monastic orders and in examining the archives of the Inquisition. He brought this volume, along with other documents, with him to Paris when he was forced to flee from Spain. In 1814 Llorente published his work Historia critica de la inquisicion de Espana. In 1822 he was ordered to quit France. The following year he died in Madrid. The next owner of this volume was the bibliophile Francisco Domecq Victor. Since that time ownership change hands several times.
Inquisidor General de España
Spanish
Inquisition
Spain
Barcelona (Spain)
Eighteenth century
Seventeenth century
214 pages (approx.)
Text
manuscripts
Box 1
MSS 009
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