AcknowledgementsNotes on Contributors Introduction Donald S. Prudlo Part 1: Origins of Inquisitions of Heretical Depravity 1 The Spiritual Foundations of Christian Heresy Inquisitions Christine Caldwell Ames 2 Precursors to Religious Inquisitions: Anti-Heretical efforts to 1184 Michael Frassetto Part 2: Medieval Inquisitions 3 The Fourth Lateran Ordo of Inquisition Adapted to the Prosecution of Heresy Henry Ansgar Kelly 4 The Church's Institutional Response to Heresy in the 13th Century Lucy Sackville 5 Heresy Inquisitions in the Later Middle Ages Robin Vose Part 3: The Iberian Inquisitions 6 The Spanish Inquisition and the Converso Challenge ( c .1480-1525): A Question of Race, Religion or Socio-Political Ascendancy? Helen Rawlings 7 The Metamorphosis of the Spanish Inquisition, 1520-1648 Werner Thomas 8 The Rise of the Modern Inquisition in Portugal and Brazil, and the Transformation of Jews and New Christians into Heretics Lúcia Helena Costigan Part 4: The Italian Inquisitions 9 The Takeover of the Roman Inquisition Elena Bonora 10 Politics, Diplomacy and Religious Dissent. The Activity of the Inquisition in Early Modern Venice Federico Barbierato Bibliography Index.