The Business Of The Roman Inquisition In The Ea... May 2026

The Business of the Roman Inquisition in the Early Modern Era

Germano Maifreda’s The Business of the Roman Inquisition re-evaluates the institution as a self-sustaining economic entity where financial incentives often dictated judicial actions, including targeting wealthy suspects for asset confiscation. Operating as a centralized, bureaucratic network established in 1542, the Inquisition depended on fines and property seizure to fund its operations across the Italian peninsula. For an in-depth exploration of this topic, consult the study The Business of the Roman Inquisition in the Early Modern Era .