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===Inquisition petitions<br>(''Expedientes familiares'')=== | |||
Research use: Establish lineages in a period for which other sources are scarce. | |||
Record type: Petitions of those who wanted to serve in the Inquisition. | |||
General: The Inquisition was established to control heretics and prevent religious crimes. In Spain it had an additional political purpose as an attempt to achieve unity and royal control of the country. The Inquisition became an arm of the Spanish state to guarantee that reconquered Spain would remain free and strong from non-Christian countries of the Mediterranean. | |||
Time period: 1550-1819. | |||
Contents: A statement requesting nomination, a statement concerning genealogical purity, copies of baptismal and marriage certificates for the requestor, the parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents, and other documents such as wills and memberships in military orders. | |||
Location: National Historical Archive and possibly some provincial archives. | |||
Population coverage: 3% of the population.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Spain,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1999.</ref> | |||
Reliability: High. | |||
===References=== | ===References=== | ||
*O'Callaghan, Joseph F. A History of Medieval Spain. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983. | *O'Callaghan, Joseph F. A History of Medieval Spain. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983. | ||
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*[http://www.poderjudicial.es/cgpj/es/Poder-Judicial/Tribunales-Superiores-de-Justicia/TSJ-Andalucia--Ceuta-y-Melilla/Organos-judiciales/Organos-judiciales-en-Andalucia/Audiencia-Provincial/Audiencias-Provinciales-y-Tribunal-del-Jurado Audiencias Provinciales y Tribunal del Jurado] | *[http://www.poderjudicial.es/cgpj/es/Poder-Judicial/Tribunales-Superiores-de-Justicia/TSJ-Andalucia--Ceuta-y-Melilla/Organos-judiciales/Organos-judiciales-en-Andalucia/Audiencia-Provincial/Audiencias-Provinciales-y-Tribunal-del-Jurado Audiencias Provinciales y Tribunal del Jurado] | ||
*[http://www.poderjudicial.es/cgpj/es/Poder_Judicial/Tribunal_Supremo/Informacion_institucional/Historia_del_TS Historia del Tribunal Supremo] | *[http://www.poderjudicial.es/cgpj/es/Poder_Judicial/Tribunal_Supremo/Informacion_institucional/Historia_del_TS Historia del Tribunal Supremo] | ||
== References == | |||
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{{Place|Spain}} | |||
[[Category:Spain]] | [[Category:Spain]] | ||
[[Category:Court Records by Country]] | [[Category:Court Records by Country]] | ||