Medieval Inquisition

George Bernard’s presented character, “The Inquisitor” in his play “Saint Joan” aims to defend his depiction of Joan of Arc : heresy. Through his speech, he is able to justify his reasons as to why the court should blame Joan of Arc for heresy. The presence of ethos, pathos and logos in his speech allows him to better argue his point and reveals a strongly enough claim that attracts the church court. The underlying effects of these rhetorical strategies serve as a vital tool in helping “the…

King Ferdinand and Queen Elizabeth of Spain established had the intention to initiate an Inquisition, meaning a period of time to question or investigate, to prolong Catholicism and beliefs in the Spaniard kingdom. It’s purpose was to manage Catholic faith within any Spaniard kingdom. A number of reasons have been indicted for creating the movement. Some include: “To establish political and religious unity”, “To weaken local political opposition to the Catholic Monarchs”, “To do away with…

Mad for God, written by Sara Tilghman Nalle, is a microhistory about the life of a Spanish wool carder, his sacrilegious statements and beliefs, and his trial at the hands of the Inquisition in 16th century Spain. Nalle dissects this time period with a revisionist approach; she attempts a historical reconstruction and succeeds in humanizing the actions of certain clergy and officers of the Holy Catholic Church. By including personal details about the thought process and decision making of lead…

In the book The Spanish Inquisition, Joseph Perez gives his view on why the Spanish Inquisition took place. The Spanish Inquisition began with the discrimination against any religion that opposed the Catholic Church in Spain. They mainly targeted the religious beliefs of Judaism making Jewish people and conversos the victims. Many Jews and Muslims were forced to leave the country or were persecuted because they could not openly practice their religion and did not want to convert. During this…

Tim Carter ENGL 1302 George Edwards 10 October, 2016 Cheating Death in The Pit and the Pendulum In 1480, Ferdinand II from Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, initiated the mass genocide that is commonly known today as the Spanish Inquisition. These two catholic monarchs decided that anything not catholic needed to be purged from society to live true Christian lives. This resolution then became the foundation for them to sentence people to death for not being catholic or supporting progressive…

missionary, advocated and defended the natives. The secular clergy was the material, organization, and political sided with settlers and landowners. The crown often sided with secular clergy. The seculars and crown undid work of regulars. The Office of Inquisition was set up on 1571 to counter unchristian work. It range from dealing with heresy and finally…

broad historical categories: he was a humanist, except for when he burned Muslim books in order to suppress their text-based philosophy. He was an ecclesiastical reformer, except for his unwillingness to create serious change within the Spanish Inquisition. The contradictions above are created by the focuses of scholarship, as traditional histories attempt to understand (and often, glorify) his character, while revisions focus on his (often suppressive) influences on others. One can identify a…

Catholicism”(book). The Spanish Inquisition was called into play by Ferdinand II and Queen Isaeblla I in 1478. This particular inquisition was one that was under royal authority, the clergy. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella would tell the clergy to travel to different locations and convert the natives to Catholicism. They mostly attempted to convert the large groups like Judaism and Islam, that still dwelled in Spain. The Portuguese Inquisition differed from the Spanish Inquisition by being…

The Spanish Inquisition was a horrific use of torture that scared the populace just so that the European people would stop deserting the catholic faith during the late 1400s all the way until the early 1800s. The tortures that the Catholic Church implemented on deserters of the faith and those that were implemented by King Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain were devastating to the morale of the European people. The methods were often unfair and could be considered “over kill” to the crimes the…

Many people all around the world have something in common, and that thing is some sort of belief in a god. Religion is something that comforts people that are in a bad time and gives each of them hope. Today however, it has turned out to be primarily superstitious beliefs which retain its followers based on some sort of fear, usually like an appalling afterlife. The idea of gods derived from people needing answers to what was happening to certain things like the weather and disasters.…