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LEA, HENRY CHARLES (1825–1909)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 314 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LEA, See also:HENRY See also:CHARLES (1825–1909) , See also:American historian, was See also:born at See also:Philadelphia on the 19th of See also:September 1825. His See also:father was a publisher, whom in 1843 he joined in business, and he retained his connexion with the See also:firm till 1880. Weak. See also:health, however, caused him from See also:early days to devote himself to See also:research, mainly on See also:church See also:history in the later See also:middle ages, and his See also:literary reputation rests on the important books he produced on this subject. These are: Superstition and Force (Philadelphia, 1866, new ed. 1892) ; See also:Historical See also:Sketch of Sacerdotal See also:Celibacy (Philadelphia, 1867); History of the See also:Inquisition of the Middle Ages (New See also:York, 1888); Chapters from the religious history of See also:Spain connected with the Inquisition (Philadelphia, 1890); History of auricular See also:Confession and Indulgences in the Latin Church (3 vols., See also:London, 1896); The See also:Moriscos of Spain (Philadelphia, 1901), and History of the Inquisition of Spain (4 vols., New York and London, 1906–1907). He also edited a Formulary of the Papal See also:Penitentiary in the 13th See also:century (Philadelphia, 1892), and in 1908 was published his Inquisition in the See also:Spanish Dependencies. As an authority on the Inquisition he stood in the highest See also:rank of See also:modern historians, and distinctions were conferred on him by the See also:universities of Harvard, See also:Princeton, See also:Pennsylvania, See also:Giessen and See also:Moscow. He died at Philadelphia on the 24th of See also:October 1909.

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