 In time, a compromise solution was adopted in which trusted Inquisition officials blotted out words, lines or whole passages of otherwise acceptable texts, thus allowing these expurgated editions to circulate.Although in theory, the Indexes imposed enormous restrictions on the diffusion of culture in Spain, some historians argue that such strict control was impossible in practice and that there was much more liberty in this respect than is often believed.And Irving Leonard has conclusively demonstrated that, despite repeated royal prohibitions, romances of chivalry, such as "Amadis of Gaul", found their way to the New World with the blessing of the Inquisition.