Deviant ideas, prohibited books and aberrant practices: reflections of the Roman Inquisition in the societies of the Venetian Ionian Islands (sixteenth-seventeenth centuries)

The paper examines the history of relations between the Roman Inquisition and the societies of the Venetian Ionian Islands. Specifically, it studies cases of arrest or accusation to the Inquisition of subjects of the Republic of Venice residing permanently or displaying in the Ionian region delinque...

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Published inMediterranean historical review Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 41 - 64
Main Author Birtachas, Stathis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 02.01.2017
Subjects
censorship
Jews
religious dissent
Roman Inquisition
Theophilos Corydaleus
Venetian Ionian Islands
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Summary:The paper examines the history of relations between the Roman Inquisition and the societies of the Venetian Ionian Islands. Specifically, it studies cases of arrest or accusation to the Inquisition of subjects of the Republic of Venice residing permanently or displaying in the Ionian region delinquent behaviour on issues relating to faith during the period οf the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries. Besides the definition of the divergent ideas embraced or propagated by the accused as well as their deviant behaviours and practices, principal issues investigated are on the one hand the role and the policies of the State authorities regarding religious dissent and its repression, and on the other the perception of the Roman Inquisition by the local societies and the reflections of its function in the social domain.
ISSN:0951-8967
1743-940X
DOI:10.1080/09518967.2017.1314919