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Preface to the
English Edition IX
I. THE CONVERSOS,
THE INQUISITION AND THE CROWN 1
The
Conversos in Castile in the Fifteenth Century 1
Jews
and Conversos 2
Christian Society and the Conversos 4
The
Conversos' Attitude to Christians and Jews 5
The
Public Controversy over the Converso Question and the Plans for its Solution 6
Alonso de Espina 9
The
Establishment of the Inquisition in Castile 20
The
Crown's Connection with the Inquisition 20
The
Beginnings of the Spanish National Inquisition 29
Last
Attempts to Oppose the Inquisitorial Method 34
Pope
Sixtus IV and the Inquisition 43
The
Victory of Torquemada's Policy and Method 45
II. THE CONVERSOS
OF CIUDAD REAL: 1391-1483 48
The
Jews of Villarreal 48
The
Jewish Quarter of Villarreal 49
Charitable Societies of the Conversos 52
The
Return to Judaism 53
The
Riots of 1449 55
The
Repercussions of the Fall of Constantinople 58
Judeo-Converso Relations 60
The
Riots of 1474 62
The
Uprising of the. Marques de Villena 73
Alonso Carrillo's Examination of Heresy in Ciudad Real 78
The
Rehabilitation of the Converso Population 82
III. THE HISTORY
OF THE TRIBUNAL OF CIUDAD REAL 88
The
Location of the Court 88
The
Arrival of the Inquisitors and the Period of Grace 91
The
Trials 96
IV. THE COURT OF
CIUDAD REAL AT WORK 105
The
Beginning of the Inquisitorial Examination 106
The
Commencement of the Trial 113
Classification of the Accused 117
The
Evidence and the Witnesses 127
The
Secrecy of Witnesses' Identity 127
The
Reliability of Witnesses 130
Witness-Informers 133
Other
Types of Witnesses 135
The
Confession as Testimony 138
The
Nature of the Evidence 140
The
Giving and Confirmation of Evidence 142
The
Prosecution and its Method 146
The
Defence and its Method 151
The
Defence in the Early Days 151
The
Defence in Evolution 166
The
Defence Questionnaires 179
The
Consulta-de-Fe 185
The
Sentence and the Punishment 187
V. THE ACCUSED'S
FILE AND ITS PREPARATION 195
VI. THE PUBLIC AND
SOCIAL IMAGE OF THE CONVERSOS OF CIUDAD REAL 203
Public Figures 204
Merchants 218
The
Rank and File 222
The
Women 226
VII. THE JEWISH
LIFE OF THE CONVERSOS OF CIUDAD REAL 237
Conditions for the Observance of Mitzvoth 242
The
Composition of Converso Gatherings 245
Places of Worship 249
Prayers 256
Ritual Slaughter 259
Education in Jewish Precepts 264
Mitzvoth 269
VIII. THE ATTITUDE
OF THE CONVERSOS OF CIUDAD REAL TO CHRISTIANITY AND THEIR OUTLOOK ON LIFE AND
DEATH 286
The
Conversos and Christianity 286
The
Conversos' Outlook on Life and Death 296
APPENDICES
I.
Notarial Authorization of the Declaration of the Period of Grace in Ciudad Real
300
II.
Places of Residence of the Inhabitants of Ciudad Real 301
III.
Hebrew Terms in the Files of Those Tried in Ciudad Real 313
INDICES
I.
Persons 317
II.
Places 328
III.
Subjects 330
ABBREVIATIONS 341
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