The Roman Inquisition

This page is the product of research conducted by the student members of the HIST333 Galileo in Context Inquisition group. Our mission is to provide information not presented in class lecture that will give other students a more thourough understanding of the Roman Inquisition and the Counter-Reformation. We present some material pertaining to the Medieval and Spanish Inquisitions for comparative purposes. We present information on people prosecuted by the Inquisition, descriptions of the procedures utilized by the Inquisition, and an account of the historical progression of the Inquisition. If any reader has a question or request for further information, please contact one of the members of the group.

BRIEF HISTORY

An overview of the history of the Inquisition (Medieval, Spanish and Roman)

CONTEMPORARY TRIALS

Short biographies of other important figures prosecuted by the

Inquisition, primarily the Italian and Roman Inquisitions.

PROCEDURE

Description of the process of the Roman Inquisition.

TIMELINE

Timeline of the Inquisition: from Medieval to the present.

CENSORSHIP

Censorship in the Italian Inquistions, with chief emphasis laid on

the Congregation of the Index.