THE INQUISITION AT HOME AND ABROAD PRISONS PAST AND PRESENT by MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS Late Inspector of Prisons in Great Britain Author of "The Mysteries of Police and Crime "Fifty Years of Public Service," etc. THE GROLIER SOCIETY EDITION NATIONALE Limited to one thousand registered and numbered sets. NUMBER 307...

A considerable portion of this volume is devoted to the Spanish Inquisition, which was, for three centuries, the most important force in Spain. Thousands were condemned by its tribunals, and its prisons and punishments make up a large part of the penal history of that country. Much exaggeration has crept into the popular accounts, but the simple truth must cause a shudder, when read to-day. The institution was created to deal with heresy, that is, with a departure from the accepted canons. The i

THE INQUISITION IN SPAIN Beginning and growth of religious persecution—Temporal power of the Papacy—Pope Innocent III creates the first "Inquisitors"—Domingo de Guzman founder of the Inquisition—Founder of the Dominican Order of Friars—The "ancient" Inquisition—Penances inflicted—Persecution of the Jews in Spain—Institution of the "modern" Inquisition under Ferdinand and Isabella—Headquarters at Seville—Frequent autos da fé —Thomas de Torquemada the first Inquisitor-General—The privileges of the

PERSECUTION OF JEWS AND MOORS Increased persecution of the Jews—Accusations made against them—Ferdinand introduces the modern Inquisition into the Kingdom of Aragon in 1484—Fray Gaspar Juglar and Pedro Arbués appointed Inquisitors—Assassination of Pedro Arbués—Punishment of his murderers—Increased opposition against the Holy Office—Arrest of the Infante Don Jaime for sheltering a heretic—Expulsion of the Jews from Spain—Appeal to the King to revoke this edict—Ferdinand inclined to yield, but Tor

PRISONS AND PUNISHMENTS Prisons, usually, a part of the building occupied by court—Better than civil prisons—Torture inflicted—No new methods invented—Description of various kinds—Two Lutheran congregations broken up—Description of some famous autos da fé —Famous victims—Englishmen punished—Archbishop Carranza's trial. The prisons of the Inquisition fall under two great heads, the "secret prisons" in which those awaiting trial were confined, and the "penitential prisons" where sentences were ser

THE INQUISITION ABROAD Fresh field for the Inquisition in Spanish America—Operations begun by Ximenes and more firmly established by Charles V—Spanish Viceroys' complaints—Zeal of the Inquisitors checked for a while—Revived under Philip II—Royal Edict forbidding heretics to emigrate to Spanish America—Inquisition extended to the Low Countries—Dutch rebellion proceedings—The Inquisition of the Galleys instituted by Philip—Growing dislike of the Inquisition—Experiences of Carcel, a goldsmith—His a

THE INQUISITION IN PORTUGAL AND INDIA The Inquisition in Spain abolished by Napoleon's invasion—Its revival—Persecution of the Freemasons—The "Tribunal of Faith" established—Inquisition in Portugal—The case of an Englishman who is arrested, tortured and burnt alive—Difference between the Inquisitions of Spain and Portugal—The supreme power of the Holy Office in Portugal in the eighteenth century—The terrible earthquake at Lisbon—Establishment of the Holy Office in India at Goa—Description of the

EARLY PRISONS AND PRISONERS Slow development of Prison Reform in Spain—Description of the old Saladero—George Borrow's account of his arrest and imprisonment there—Balseiro's escape and subsequent escapades—He seizes the two sons of a wealthy Basque and holds them for ransom—His capture and execution—The valientes or bullies—The cruelties they practised upon their weaker fellow prisoners—Don Rafael Salillas' description of the Seville prison. The prisons in Spain have been generally divided into

PRESIDIOS AT HOME AND ABROAD The presidio or convict prison—Stations at home and in Northern Africa—Convict labour—Cruelties inflicted on the presidiarios employed in road making—Severity of the régime at Valladolid—Evils of overcrowding—Ceuta—Its fortifications—Early history—The entierro or "Spanish swindle"—Several interesting instances—Monsignor X—Armand Carron—M. Elked—Credulity of the victims—Boldness of the swindlers—Attempt to dupe a Yorkshire squire—Discovery of the fraud. The Spanish "p

LIFE IN CEUTA Dangerous weapons manufactured within the prison walls—Frequent quarrels—Murderous assaults on warders of constant occurrence—Disorders and lack of discipline owing to the employment of prisoners as warders—The " cabos de vara "—These posts sold to the highest bidder—Salillas' description of these convict warders—Worst criminals often promoted to exercise authority over their fellows—Terrible evils arising from such a state of affairs—Description of Ceuta—Life at Ceuta no deterrent

BRIGANDS AND BRIGANDAGE Disordered state of Spain at the accession of Isabella—Brigandage raised into an organised system by lawless nobility and rebels—The revival of the Santa Hermandad or Holy Brotherhood—This institution revived again in the 19th century under the name of "Migueletes"—Attack on the mail coach outside Madrid—The famous brigand José Maria—His daring robberies in the Serrania—His early life—English officers from Gibraltar captured and held to ransom—Beloved and venerated by the