CHAPTER I

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CONDITION OF SPAIN DURING THESE TWO CENTURIES.

Periods of Literary Glory 457 Period of Glory in Spain 458 Hopes of Universal Empire 458 These Hopes checked 459 Luther and Protestantism 460 Protestantism in Spain 460 Assailed by the Inquisition 461 Protestant Books forbidden 461 The Press subjected 462 Index Expurgatorius 462 Power of the Inquisition 463 Its Popularity 465 Protestantism driven from Spain 466 Learned Men persecuted 466 Religious Men persecuted 467 Degradation of Loyalty 468 Increase of Bigotry 468 Effect of both on Letters 469 Popular Feeling 470 Moral Contradictions 470 The Sacrifices that follow 471 Effect on the Country 471

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