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Henry Charles Lea

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American historian (1825-1909)

Person · Open Library

Born
1825
Died
1909
Works
81

Top works

  • Historia de la Inquisición española
  • A history of the Inquisition of the middle ages
  • A history of auricular confession and indulgences in the Latin church
  • Materials toward a history of witchcraft
  • Henry Charles Lea

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1930-09-23
Active to
2004-06-10
2008 universal fire victimaln-shbluesjazzjazz bluesr&b

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4
Total plays
44

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Quotes

  • The whole process [the Inquisition] was apparently based upon the conviction that it was better that a hundred innocent persons should suffer than that one culprit should escape, and it would not be easy to devise a course of procedure better fitted to render the use of torture universal.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Charles
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Philadelphia
Place of death
Philadelphia
Father
Isaac Lea
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Henry Charles Lea.jpg
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Commons category
Henry Charles Lea
date of birth
1825-09-19
date of death
1909-10-24
interested in
Spanish Inquisition
Commons Creator page
Henry Charles Lea
writing language
English language
contributed to creative work
Popular Science
Sources (6)

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Works in European collections

19 objects attributed to Henry Charles Lea, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana