The Inquisition Trial of Jerónimo de Rojas, A Morisco of Toledo (1601-1603)

This book includes the whole transcription of the trial of a converted Muslim (Morisco) from Toledo, condemned to die at the stake at the beginning of the 17th century. In their study of the trial, the authors address the question of how and to what extent Inquisition documents can be used as an historical source by contextualizing and analysing its multifaceted aspects as well as its protagonists and participants, victim, witnesses, and inquisitors. The authors elucidate the beliefs and practices of the culprit, situating his ordeal in the framework of Morisco life and its connections with North African Islam. By so doing they shed light on questions of Inquisitorial procedure, witnessing and testimony, the extent of confession, the effects of life in prison, the relations of trust between inmates and the consequences of isolation.This research has been supported by several projects financed by the Plan Estatal of the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación over a period of years. Those still active at the present time are PGC2018-094150-B-C21: Privilegio, trabajo y conflictividad. La sociedad moderna de los territorios hispánicos del Mediterráneo occidental entre el cambio y las resistencias, principal investigators Ricardo Franch Benavent and Juan Francisco Pardo Molero; and FFI2017-86538-P: Orientalismo y verdad: la influencia de la erudición oriental en el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico en la España Moderna, principal investigators Fernando Rodríguez Mediano and Mercedes García-Arenal.Peer reviewe