THE INQUISITION OF SPAIN WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR. _A HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION OF THE MIDDLE AGES._ In three volumes, octavo. _THE INQUISITION IN THE SPANISH DEPENDENCIES._ In one volume, octavo. (_Shortly._) _A HISTORY OF AURICULAR CONFESSION AND INDULGENCES IN THE LATIN CHURCH._ In three volumes, octavo. AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF SACERDOTAL CELIBACY IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Third edition. (_In preparation._) _A FORMULARY OF THE PAPAL PENITENTIARY IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY._ One volume, octavo. (_Out of print._) _SUPERSTITION AND FORCE._ Essays on The Wager of Law, The Wager of Battle, The Ordeal, Torture. Fourth edition, revised. In one volume, 12mo. _STUDIES IN CHURCH HISTORY._ The Rise of the Temporal Power, Benefit of Clergy, Excommunication, The Early Church and Slavery. Second edition. In one volume, 12mo. _CHAPTERS FROM THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF SPAIN, CONNECTED WITH THE INQUISITION._ Censorship of the Press, Mystics and Illuminati, Endemoniadas, El Santo Niño de la Guardia, Brianda de Bardaxí. In one volume, 12mo. _THE MORISCOS OF SPAIN, THEIR CONVERSION AND EXPULSION._ In one volume, 12mo. A HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION OF SPAIN BY HENRY CHARLES LEA, LL.D. IN FOUR VOLUMES VOLUME IV. New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1922 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT, 1907 BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1907 CONTENTS OF VOL. IV. BOOK VIII--SPHERES OF ACTION (CONTINUED). CHAPTER V--MYSTICISM. PAGE Antiquity of Mystic Aspirations 1 Dangers--Impeccability--Independence 2 Illuminism and Quietism--Confusion with Protestantism--Uncertainty as to Source of Visions--Contempt for Theology 4 Development in Spain 6 Commencement of Persecution--The Mystics of Guadalajara 7 Francisca Hernández 9 María Cazalla--The Group in Toledo--Ignatius Loyola 13 Archbishop Carranza--San Francisco de Borja--Luis de Granada--the Jesuits 15 Fray Alonso de la Fuente--his struggle with Jesuitism 19 The Alumbrados of Llerena 23