El derrumbamiento de la Inquisición. Críticos y fanáticos (1793-1834)

Abstract

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The last forty years of the Spanish Inquisition –i.e. the Inquisition of the entire domain of the Spanish Monarchy– unfolded in a turbulent era characterized by painful experiences, conflicting perspectives and fraternal division. In 1793 Dom Manuel Abbad y Lasierra, Canon of Toledo, assumed the post of General Inquisitor, a position he held briefly. During his mandate, he requested a report from Llorente, which the latter wrote to the satisfaction of the impenetrable, Goyesque and Gallicized Inquisitor, who was Riojan by birth and Toledan by canonry. In 1834 scarcely ten months after the death of Ferdinand vii, the Desired, the Inquisition was definitively abolished by decree of Queen Isabella ii and, in her name, the Queen Regent her mother. The decree was published on the 15th of July.

Keywords

Spanish Inquisition, Llorente, Enlightenment, Giustiniani, Ferdinand VII