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The papacy may have changed the Roman Inquisition's name in 1988 to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, but its postal address remains the same: "Piazza del Sant'Uffizio, 11."

Inquiring Minds Wanted to Know—or Else Geoffrey Parker 2012

Although she was only 18 years old and unmarried ( "se hallaba en opinión de doncella") at the time she entered the Inquisition's prison, she was eight months pregnant.

Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

At the same time, Oriz's paranoia reflects the Inquisition's own elaborate spy network back upon its architect.

Triple-Decker Blogging, Vol. III: The Inquisitor 2010

At the same time, Oriz's paranoia reflects the Inquisition's own elaborate spy network back upon its architect.

The Little Professor: 2010

Here, the Inquisition's fiction of transparency breaks down, for the master Inquisitor becomes opaque to himself, beyond anyone's power to help; Teresa's powerful refusal to speak thus mutates into a punitive inability to do so.

The Little Professor: 2010

Thematically, it's also a significant option, because the novel dwells on the Inquisition's skill at acquiring and utilizing knowledge; Teresa's repeated refusals to speak frustrate a system built largely on eliciting the right words from those it oversees.

Triple-Decker Blogging, Vol. III: The Inquisitor 2010

Here, the Inquisition's fiction of transparency breaks down, for the master Inquisitor becomes opaque to himself, beyond anyone's power to help; Teresa's powerful refusal to speak thus mutates into a punitive inability to do so.

Triple-Decker Blogging, Vol. III: The Inquisitor 2010

The emphasis is on sketches and working drawings, but there are also more finished works, such as Sebasti á n de Herrera Barnuevo's careful rendering c. 1660 of an auto-da-f é , a scary, detailed acccount of the Inquisition's public sentencing of heretics, performed on an elaborate "stage" erected for the occasion.

Iberian Treasures in Chalk and Ink Karen Wilkin 2010

Thematically, it's also a significant option, because the novel dwells on the Inquisition's skill at acquiring and utilizing knowledge; Teresa's repeated refusals to speak frustrate a system built largely on eliciting the right words from those it oversees.

The Little Professor: 2010

Plus, in contrast to the quiet acceptance of Graham's views on the Inquisition's torture tactics, the Washington news media flew into near hysteria over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's tortured explanations of what she knew about Bush's torture policies.

Giving Some Love to the Inquisition 2009