Inquisition

evident to de Mello e Souza: the colonials current religion. The people’s religion was said to be a collaborate mixing of European, Indian, and African cultures, and de Mello e Souza provides plenty of primary sources, particularly records from the Inquisition, to reinforce her claim about the syncretic relationship between the three cultures. De Mello e Souza addresses the mixing of the three cultures by using the word syncretism throughout the book. She explains that Brazilian popular culture…

describes the time that she held the throne with her husband Ferdinand of Aragon. It describes the struggles of war and the challenges that were met. Nancy Rubin Stuart describes these events with much enthusiasm and accuracy. From the Spanish inquisition to the voyages of Columbus. She describes the strength of both Isabella and Ferdinand’s rule as political partners and equals. Nancy Stuart gives us a background of Isabella right off, while at the same time telling of her crowing of…

Between 1300’s and 1700’s was the time of the Renaissance. During this time, astronomy blew up with discoveries. There were multiple advanced astronomers; two astronomers who made an enormous influence on the Copernican theory were Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler. Although the Copernican theory was established by Nicolaus Copernicus, it was Kepler and Galileo who greatly impacted it. Without the help of Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler, the Copernican theory would not have been proven and…

Due to the Holy Roman Empire’s influence, the Roman Catholic Church played a significant role in the lives of western Europeans in the Middle Ages (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia). People were named, married and buried by the guidance of Roman Christianity (Haberman and Shubert). This changed when Martin Luther asked questions regarding salvation and the relationship between community and God. As a result of these questions, Europe would never be the same as Luther started the Protestant…

connects more to a piece through symbolism, revealing the intentions of the work. In drama, symbolism centers the structure of a plot. It moves the piece to different dimensions of worldy analysis and brings the audience into the realm of inquisition. Inquisition that leads towards a deeper understanding of certain elements that the writer draws into question. Shakespeare's Macbeth is no exception to this commonality between dramatic works. In Macbeth, blood serves as a central symbol in…

example of Catholic intolerance and repression. The inquisition was a movement to maintain Catholic orthodoxy and was under the control of Spanish monarchy. The Inquisition was originally intended primarily to identify heretics among those who converted from Judaism and Islam to Catholicism. It was also established in part to prevent conversos; a Jew who publicly recanted the Jewish faith and adopted Christianity under the pressure of the inquisition, from engaging into Jewish practices (wik).…

this time period that dark romanticism thrived. A prime example of this type of writing can be found in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Pit and the Pendulum. In one of Poe’s most frightening tales, the narrator, who has been sent to death by the Spanish Inquisition, narrowly escapes his demise multiple times. Through its exploitation of themes such as the negative side of human nature and madness, Edgar Allan Poe’s The Pit and the Pendulum can be considered an example of dark romanticism.…

How Poe Creates an Unified Effect in “The Pit and the Pendulum” Edgar Allen Poe’s short story, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, introduces a tale of torture and death as the Spanish Inquisition prosecutes the narrator. The narrator wakes up in a pitch-dark room, most likely an Inquisition prison. He walks around to scout his surroundings only to fall and doze off multiple times. As he wakes up, he discovers he is bound to a wooden board with many straps. Only after, does he notice a crescent-shaped…

The Pit and the Pendulum The man is in the Inquisition, and could see the judges lips moving, but doesn’t believe what he hears. He’s sentenced to death. The man faints during the Inquisition, due to shock. The man wakes up but was afraid to open his eyes, frightened that he was gonna dislike what he see. The man was curious about what happened and knew that the other people who were supposed to die already died. He realized the captors had another plan for him and fainted. When the man awoke…

The Author John Edwards Explains some of the similarities between what happened under Mary’s reign and the Spanish inquisition. John Edwards wrote this article for the Hispanic Research Journal in February of 2012. The article is in a scholarly Peer reviewed academic Journal. The author John Edwards studied at the Queen’s college, University of Oxford. The article can be…