Chapter VII: Peru

Deplorable Condition of the Colony 319

Episcopal Inquisition--Its Activity 321
Case of Francisco de Aguirre 322
The Bishops seek to maintain their Jurisdiction 325

The Tribunal established January 29, 1570 326

The first Auto de Fe, November 15, 1573 328

Organization and Powers--Exemption of Indians 329

Supervision over Foreigners 332

Extent of Territory--Commissioners and their Abuses 333

New Granada detached in 1611--Other Divisions proposed 337

Finances--Initial Poverty--Speedy Growth of Confiscations 342
Fruitless Efforts to withdraw the Royal Subvention 344
Suppression of Prebends for the Benefit of the Tribunal 346
Enormous Confiscations in the Auto de Fe of 1639 347
Other Sources of Income 349
Increased Expenses exceed the Revenues 350
Malversations and Embezzlements in the Eighteenth Century 351
Financial Condition at Suppression in 1813 354

Abusive use of arbitrary Power 355
Scandalous conduct of Inquisitor Ulloa 355
Visitation of Juan Ruiz de Prado 357
His charges against Cerezuela and Ulloa 358
Ulloa’s Visitation of the District 360

Abusive use of arbitrary Power:
Inquisitor Ordoñez y Flores 362
Inquisitors Gaitan and Mañozca 363
Inquisitors Calderon and Unda 366
Visitation of Antonio de Arenaza 367

Paralysis of the Tribunal--Purchase of Offices 372

Quarrels with the Viceroys 373
Humiliation of Viceroy del Villar 374
Complaints of succeeding Viceroys 380

Conflicts of Jurisdictions 382

Limitation of the Temporal Jurisdiction by Fernando VI 386

Quarrels of Inquisitor Amusquíbar with Archbishop Barroeta 389

Activity of the Tribunal--Bigamy, Blasphemy, Sorcery 390
Propositions 392
Solicitation in the Confessional 393
Mystic Impostors--Maria Pizarro 396
Angela Carranza 400
Quietism--The Jesuit Ulloa and his Disciples 406
Protestantism--English Prisoners of War 412
Judaism 419
Portuguese Immigration through Brazil and Buenos
Ayres 421
Case of Francisco Maldonado de Silva 423
The _Complicidad Grande_--Auto de Fe of 1639 425
Decline of Judaism--Case of Doña Ana de Castro 433

Punishments 437
Arbitrary Inconsistency--Case of François Moyen 439

Censorship 444
Morals and Politics 446

Decadence and Suppression 447

Re-establishment and Extinction 449

Work accomplished 451