Abstract
Documents from the archive of Gabriele Paleotti, Archbishop of Bologna, illuminate Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder's treatment by the Inquisition in 1579 and Paleotti's role in lightening his punishment. Sentenced to three years' imprisonment, the composer was released into Paleotti's recognizance two months later. Accusations against him were vague or relatively minor. Letters from Paleotti to Alfonso's father, Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, dated 1562–6, reveal that Paleotti interceded for members of the Ferrabosco family over several decades, that Domenico Maria lived in France for extended periods, and that father and son both may have trafficked in information useful to their powerful patrons.
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