La Inquisición a la llegada de Felipe V. El proyecto de cambio en su organización y bases sociales

Abstract

The Inquisition lives in a period of acute crisis in the last years of Carlos II reign. His finances are into a deep deficit, his bureocracy has lost prestige and there aren't many people that want to become familiares. La Junta Magna of 1696, that was formed with consejeros from all of the Monarchy Consejos, proposed to cut back drasticly the Inquisitions privileges. lts proposition won't be approved. The Felipe V arriva will make the troubles aven bigger. On one side, the most tradítional factions into the lnquisition will pretend to recover the Jost ground. On the other, the Monarchy will accentuate its pressures in arder to control the Inquisition. After a first moment with serious fights, the Monarchy will momentarily aucceed in imposing its politic. In fact the lnquisition will support the Borbone's cause. For prove its working. In that effort it will appear with ali its dimension the interna! situation the measures in order to cut back the crisis and the Monarchy ways to control the lnquisition. Notwithstanding, the troubles will continue and the Inquisition will keep its independence from the Monarchy and the fights will appear with more violence afterwards.