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RESEARCH PRODUCT
El Santo Oficio de la Inquisición en Barcelona y soldados protestantes en el ejército de Cataluña
Gunnar W. Knutsensubject
:HISTORIA::Historia moderna [UNESCO]InquisitionHeresy and InquisitionEarly Modern Military HistoryHumanidadesThe Spanish InquisitionHistoriaSpanish Military HistoryEarly Modern HistoryProtestantismMercenariesEarly modern SpainUNESCO::HISTORIA::Historia modernaMilitary Historydescription
The case summaries sent to the central council of the Inquisition in Madrid by the tribunal in Barcelona show that a number of Protestant soldiers were in Spanish service in the second half of the seventeenth century. These soldiers were not persecuted by the Holy Office, but denounced themselves voluntarily in order to be allowed to convert to Catholicism. The majority of them were from German-speaking areas, and many came from within the Holy Roman Empire. The letters exchanged between Madrid and Barcelona show that this reflected a deliberate policy by the Inquisition of not trying soldiers in Spanish service, nor prisoners of war or deserters from the French army during this period.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-01-01 |