Spanish Inquisition Documents Collection, 1616-1816

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Summary

Abstract:
Documents from the Spanish Inquisition, 1616-1816.
Extent:
0.4 linear feet (1 document box).
Language:
Spanish, Catalan
Preferred citation:

Spanish Inquisition Documents Collection. Mss 118. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Spanish Inquisition Documents Collection was acquired by UCSB's Department of Special Collections through the efforts of the late Philip W. Powell, of the UCSB History Department. Professor Powell discovered the collection in Madrid ("[A] large number of monographs, historical documents, etc., pertaining to inquisition proceedings and autos-da-fé, much of this dealing with the Marranos [crypto-Jews], or Sephardic Jews.") and contacted the UCSB Library. In 1964, negotiations with the Spanish bookseller, José Porrúa, were completed and UCSB acquired a significant collection of works on the Spanish Inquisition and the Sephardic Jews. Most are written in Spanish, with fifty-eight in Catalán, Portuguese, French, Latin, English, and Italian.

The collection contains a variety of documents on the Spanish Inquisition. The documents refer mostly to the Kingdom of Mallorca and predominantly to the city of Palma over the time period 1616 to 1816. The bulk of the collection consists of records of pensions and property that were confiscated as part of the Inquisition and appeals to the crown on the part of Jewish citizens requesting protection from discrimination and just access to jobs and professions in society. The remainder of the collection tends to be single-paged documents of appeals, petitions or verdicts in favor of particular individuals.

The document collection contains ten folders numbered 1-10 and one collection of five bound documents, in addition to one folder of documentation in English. The documents in nine of the folders and those in the bound volume are in Spanish; one document is in Catalán (Mallorquín).

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1964.
Physical location:
Vault.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Spanish Inquisition Documents Collection. Mss 118. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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