databases and projects
The History of Inquisitions Database
This database is aimed to update all those interested in the history of the inquisitions from the late middle ages to the modern period. It provides a searchable repertoire of sources, bibliographies and iconographic materials on religious dissent and its repression in different periods and areas of the world. Users can intuitively browse through these items and conduct advanced research based on inquisitorial organization and chronology, typologies of materials, and specific keywords.
Sacred Fire: Inquisitions, Capital Punishment and Rites of Justice in Italy (13th-19th centuries)
This database provides a comprehensive catalogue of the victims of the Inquisition across the Italian peninsula. It is designed to be a valuable resource for historians and researchers studying the death sentences imposed by the medieval Inquisition and the Roman Holy Office from the 13th to the 19th centuries. For each entry, the database includes details of the victim’s gender, family status, and social connections, as well as the locations of the trials and execution. In addition, the database compiles an extensive bibliography and a wide range of sources, including inquisitorial records, financial documents relating to the proceedings, medical consultations, polemical texts, martyrologies, and memoirs written by confraternities for the spiritual comfort of the condemned. It also encompasses chronicles, personal diaries, engravings, paintings, and various forms of epigraphy and graffiti, offering a multifaceted view of the Inquisition’s impact on society.
History of Witchcraft
Centro di documentazione sulla stregoneria di Triora
