A large factor of dominance during this time period was the lengths that leadership and rule would go to for preserving said dominance. The extremes of societal control and the delicate balances of power became a thin layer of ice the people of this time had to learn to walk on. Some examples of this subordination are the Jewish and Muslim bans, the Spanish Inquisition, Jan Hus, and Torquemada’s Burnings. Banning specific groups of people was a well-known and used form of control, and was used in 1492 to establish a firm rule of the Monarchs. Jews were seen as less than Christians, and Muslims seen even below that. Many Jews chose to convert in place of being forced to leave, however a force was still placed upon them. This wasn’t as easy as
