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The Age of the Reformation

CHAPTER I
826/1552

In that year 24 Lutherans were burnt at Rodrigo and Seville, 32 in 1562, and 19 Calvinists in 1569.
The dread of the Spanish Inquisition was such that only in those dependencies early and completely subdued could it be introduced.
Established in Sicily in 1487 its temporal jurisdiction was suspended during the years 1535-46, when it was revived by the fear of Protestantism.

Even during its dark quarter, however, it was able to punish heretics.

In an _auto_ celebrated at Palermo, [Sidenote: May 30, 1541] of the twenty-two culprits three were Lutherans and nineteen Jews.

The capitulation of Naples in 1503 expressly excluded the Spanish Inquisition, nor could it be established in Milan.

The Portuguese Inquisition was set up in 1536.
[Sidenote: New World] The New World was capable of offering less resistance.


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