Table 11.1 Accusations and denunciations before Venice and Friuli Inquisition tribunals, 1547–1720
Major ckarge | Venice | Friuli | ||||
1547-85 | 1586-1630 | 1631-1720 | 1557-95 | 1596-1610 | 1611-70 | |
Lu the ranis m | 717 | L09 | 77 | 0 | 5 | 56 |
Anabaptism | 37 | 0 | 1 | |||
Heresy in general | 68 | 27 | 5 | 200 | 64 | 37 |
Judaizing | 34 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Mohammedanism | 10 | 27 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 30 |
Calvinism | 13 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
Greek Orthodoxy | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
Other conversions | 2 | |||||
Atheism/Materialism | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Apostasy | 15 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Heretical proposition | 62 | 26 | 107 | 34 | 45 | 89 |
Prohibited meats | 23 | 12 | 16 | 66 | 153 | 40 |
Blasphemy | 17 | 41 | 61 | 4 | 11 | 31 |
Abuse of Sacramet | 9 | 12 | 106 | |||
Bigamy | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
Concubinage | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Adultery | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
Sodomy | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
Solicitation | 3 | 22 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
Magical arts | 59 | 319 | 641 | 45 | 256 | 317 |
Offending Holy Office | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 |
Pseudo-sainthood | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Illegal Mass | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
False testimony | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Miscellaneous | 21 | 66 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
Totals | 1229 | 816 | 1334 | 374 | 609 | 895 |
Annual average | 32 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 43 | 15 |
Source: Monter and Tedeschi (1991), Appendices 2 and 3. |