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Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 print view role Collector dates 1825-1909 city Philadelphia state PA other cities Wilmington, DE; sex M historical notes Henry Charles Lea was a collector, author, banker, scientist, publisher, and a historian of medieval Europe. He wrote extensively on the institutional and legal history of the Catholic Church. He wrote a series of books on the Inquisition, beginning with A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages (1888) and continuing with A History of the Inquisition of Spain (1906-1907) and The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies (1908). He collected materials related to witchcraft beliefs, the prosecution of witches by the Inquisition, and contemporary reports of witchcraft. In order to conduct his research using primary sources in European and Latin American archives, Lea arranged to have documents in those archives copied and sent to him. Through purchases, Henry Charles Lea acquired a major library of primary and secondary source materials relating to medieval European history, all of which were donated to the University of Pennsylvania upon his death. decades of activity 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 updated 04/24/2025 09:12:54 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Henry Charles Lea papers see details... Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Henry Charles Lea research collection on the Inquisition see details... Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1845-1882. see details... Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Anna Caroline Jaudon Lea letters to Henry Charles Lea see details... Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Henry Charles Lea family letters see details... see also: Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886 Lea, M. Carey (Mathew Carey), 1823-1897 «  back