Bulletin of Hispanic Studies

A Curious Relación: Event and Account of the Auto de fe

Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (2013), 90, (4), 403–424.

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https://doi.org/10.3828/bhs.2013.26
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English
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22

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This article examines the Baroque genre of the relación del auto de fe. Previous studies have used the relaciones as reliable accounts of the events and reception of the auto, have considered them as memorial supplements to the events, or have rejected them as useless propaganda. I argue that we should read the relaciones not for what they tell us about the auto, but for what they tell us about the Inquisition's strategies for representing power during the period of its decline. I argue that it is precisely when we read these relaciones as ‘literature’ - that is, when we pay attention to the use of language and symbol, the construction of narrative arc, and the creation of ‘characters’ - that they become useful historical documents, revealing both the Inquisition's idealized view of its own power and position, and the increasingly fictive nature of that power.

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