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The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.Llorente, Juan Antonio

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The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.

Name: The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.
Author: Llorente, Juan Antonio

Llorente, Juan Antonio

Inquisition -- Spain

The Marquis de Berg and the Baron de Montigny were sent to Madrid as the
deputies of the provinces of Flanders, with the consent of Margaret of
Austria, then governess of the Low Countries, to arrange some points
relative to the establishment of the Inquisition, and other
circumstances which had caused disturbances. These deputies discovered
the prince's intention; they endeavoured to confirm him in his
resolution, and offered to assist him: it was necessary to make use of
an intermediate person in this affair, and they had recourse to M. de
Vendome, the king's chamberlain. They promised Don Carlos to declare him
chief governor of the Low Countries, if he would allow liberty of
opinion in religion. Gregorio Leti speaks of a letter from Don Carlos to
the Count d'Egmont, which was found among the papers of the Duke of
Alva, and was the cause of the execution of the Counts Egmont and Horn:
the Prince of Orange made his escape. At the same time the government
was preparing (though by indirect means) the punishment of the deputies
in Spain.

The prince did not accept the money offered by these noblemen for his
journey, and the steps he took to obtain it himself, occasioned the
discovery of the conspiracy. He wrote to almost all the grandees of
Spain, to request their assistance in an enterprise which he had
planned. He received favourable answers; but most of them contained the
condition, _that the enterprise should not be directed against the
king_. The Admiral of Castile was not satisfied with this precaution.
The mysterious silence in which this scheme was wrapped, and his
knowledge of the small share of understanding possessed by Don Carlos,
made him suspect that the enterprise was criminal.

In order to prevent the danger, the admiral remitted the prince's letter
to the king, who had already been informed of the affair by Don John of
Austria, to whom Don Carlos had communicated it. Some persons suspected
that the assassination of the king formed part of the conspiracy, but
the letters only prove the attempt to obtain money. Don Carlos had taken
into his confidence Garci Alvarez Osorio, his valet-de-chambre, and
commissioned him to give explanations of the design alluded to in the
letters which he carried. This confidant made several journeys to
Valladolid, Burgos, and other cities in Castile, in pursuance of his
master's plan.

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The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.Llorente, Juan Antonio

History

The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.

Llorente, Juan Antonio

Inquisition -- Spain

The Marquis de Berg and the Baron de Montigny were sent to Madrid as the
deputies of the provinces of Flanders, with the consent of Margaret of
Austria, then governess of the Low Countries, to arrange some points
relative to the establishment of the Inquisition, and other
circumstances which had caused disturbances. These deputies discovered
the prince's intention; they endeavoured to confirm him in his
resolution, and offered to assist him: it was necessary to make use of
an intermediate person in this affair, and they had recourse to M. de
Vendome, the king's chamberlain. They promised Don Carlos to declare him
chief governor of the Low Countries, if he would allow liberty of
opinion in religion. Gregorio Leti speaks of a letter from Don Carlos to
the Count d'Egmont, which was found among the papers of the Duke of
Alva, and was the cause of the execution of the Counts Egmont and Horn:
the Prince of Orange made his escape. At the same time the government
was preparing (though by indirect means) the punishment of the deputies
in Spain.

The prince did not accept the money offered by these noblemen for his
journey, and the steps he took to obtain it himself, occasioned the
discovery of the conspiracy. He wrote to almost all the grandees of
Spain, to request their assistance in an enterprise which he had
planned. He received favourable answers; but most of them contained the
condition, _that the enterprise should not be directed against the
king_. The Admiral of Castile was not satisfied with this precaution.
The mysterious silence in which this scheme was wrapped, and his
knowledge of the small share of understanding possessed by Don Carlos,
made him suspect that the enterprise was criminal.

In order to prevent the danger, the admiral remitted the prince's letter
to the king, who had already been informed of the affair by Don John of
Austria, to whom Don Carlos had communicated it. Some persons suspected
that the assassination of the king formed part of the conspiracy, but
the letters only prove the attempt to obtain money. Don Carlos had taken
into his confidence Garci Alvarez Osorio, his valet-de-chambre, and
commissioned him to give explanations of the design alluded to in the
letters which he carried. This confidant made several journeys to
Valladolid, Burgos, and other cities in Castile, in pursuance of his
master's plan.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.

The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.

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