Inquisition in the Philippines: Hundred Stories

INQUISITION in the PHILIPPINES HUNDRED STORIES

The word Inquisition inevitably suggests images of torture and bodies engulfed in flames. However, these stories do not correspond to such clichés. These stories are broken down from complaints and processes contained in the archives of the court of the Inquisition of Mexico, on which the offices of the commissioners of the Holy Office in the Philippines depended. In the shadows of pain and torment, we find the spells, superstitions, scandals, love affairs, illusions, longings, fantasies, festivities, and jokes that manage to creep in. Thus, in addition to introducing us to the daily activity of the Inquisition within those confines of the Spanish Empire, these stories bring us closer to the human and social reality of a surprising world.

Contents
INTRODUCTION
The Inquisition x
Philippines xvi
The Inquisition in the Philippines xxi
One Hundred Stories xxvi

HUNDRED STORIES

1 Spaniards and Cebuanas: Encounters and Disagreements
2 Juan de Vivero, Convicted in Mexico and Ecclesiastical Judge in the Philippines
3 Spanish Witches in Manila
4 Francisco de Zúñiga: “Simple Fornication”
5 Marcos Quintero, the Soldier Who Sang Romances From Brunei
6 Maldonado and Rabelo: Two Trials for Bigamy Opened by Bishop Salazar and Annulled by the Inquisitors
7 Dalliances and Tragic End of Canon Francisco Pareja
8 The Young Martín de Goiti, for Mixing Dishonest Words to the Prayers He Taught to the Slaves of His Household
9 The Enslavement of Filipinos and Madness of Juan Cromberger Maldonado
10 Cristóbal Velázquez and the Conflict Between the Inquisition and the Audiencia Over the
Mistreatment of an India
11 The Case of Jusepe de Ávalos or How Bishop Domingo de Salazar Ignored the Commissioner
of the Holy Office
12 Miguel Piña, Renegade in Brunei
13 The Brothers Jorge and Domingo Rodríguez, Wanted by the Inquisition of Mexico for Practicing Judaism
14 Trips and Misfortunes of Hernando de Carvajal
15 Diego Hernández Vitoria and the Awakening of Antisemitism
16 The Transfer of the Seat of the Holy Office
17 Constable Isidro Sánchez de Haro and His Escort
18 Soldier’s Joke Regarding Religion

19 Excommunication Taken as a Joke
20 Reconciliation of Five Young Heretics
21 Manuel Gil, Ladino
22 Juan de Cabrera, the Man from Sanlúcar Who Changed His Name and Wrote Saying That He
Had Become a Widower
23 Lasciviousness and Tricks of Canon Luis Salinas
24 The Crusade Against the Solicitation of Fray Bernardo de Santa Catalina
25 Fray Antonio de Porras and Alcalde Sebastián Madrid, Who Is More Stubborn
26 An Improvised Secular Procession
27 Irreverent Festivities in Manila
28 A French Surgeon and Fire-Walking in Cavite One Night of San Juan
29 Inquisitorial Inquiries in Japan
30 The Farce of Doña María Zaldívar
31 Juan de Arceo: Secrets With the Devil and Disquisitions About Hell
32 The Devil Who Ended Up in the Hands of the Governor
33 Pedro López Palacios, Married in Azores, Moguer, and Manila