Spanish Inquisition

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 period of time loyalty of the Catholic Church was questioned, heavily. The inquisition was institutionalized under the crown of Castile, Isabella, and the crown of Argon, Ferdinand. The inquisition was instilled to defend the catholic faith by the assimilation…

The medieval inquisition had played a considerable role in Christian Spain during the 13th century, but the struggle against the Moors had kept the inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula busy and served to strengthen their faith. When toward the end of the 15th century the Reconquista was all but complete, the desire for religious unity became more and more pronounced. Spain’s Jewish population, which was among the largest in Europe, soon became a target. Over centuries, the Jewish community in…

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…

Religion is used as a tool for rulers to justify and motivate oppression. Since religion is used as a tool of oppression, negative political and economic effects occur. These effects include political revolutions and economic turmoil. Instances in which religion oppressed and created conflict are demonstrated by the Aztecs as well as events in Spain and England. The Spanish Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, expelled, tortured, severely questioned, and forced Jews and Muslims to convert to Roman…

order to keep the purity of Spain and guarantee that that Jews would not taint or influence Spanish Christians, the expulsion of the Jews was ordered. According to many, during the Spanish Inquisition Spain did not only lose over 100,000 Jews, but they…

When people think of the most explicit acts of human cruelty in history, many people’s first thoughts jump to the holocaust, Aztec sacrifices, or the European conquest of the Americas. However, an event that doesn’t get enough consideration in this gruesome contest is the Spanish Inquisition. Hundreds of thousands of Protestants, atheists, and other non-believers were brutally tortured and killed, while millions more were persecuted. This horrific event was the result of the Catholic Church’s…

What is known as Spaniards today were Iberians, who immigrated from Algeria and Morocco, and the Celtic tribes, who settled up north and mixed with the Iberians. Nevertheless, in 711 to the mid-11th century most of Spain was under Muslim domination. It was not until 1492 that the Christians reconquered power. Yet, in 1478 the Spanish Inquisition consisted of force conversion of non- Christians within the Spanish population to converting into Christianity, if they refused they would be executed.…

of the Spanish Inquisition. When it was first created, the main objective of the inquisition at this point was the elimination of semitism, making its primary targets Jews and Muslims, but much more so Jews. As time went on, though, the need for the inquisition called for a change in victim; since the Jews and Muslims were less of a problems and it grew to persecute any person who strayed from Orthodox Catholicism, such as was targeted. The principal purpose of the Inquisition was enforcing…

The Spanish Inquisition was started in 1480 by Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon and was initially started to ensure the sincerity of the Jewish and Muslim converts to Christianity who were suspected of secretly practicing their prior religions. It was not the first Inquisition, in fact, it was meant to replace the Medieval Inquisition, which was under Papal control. The medieval Inquisition was introduced by Pope Gregory IX in 1231 as a means find and get rid of heresy,…

The obscured Spanish inquisition took place from the years of 1478 through 1834. Isabella I of Castile and Fernando II of Aragon established this rule to overthrow the previous Medieval Inquisition. In connection of overthrowing the Medieval inquisition, the current Monarchs Isabella I and Ferdinand II of Aragon became suspicious of the Crypto-Jews. Crypto Jews were Jews who "converted" to Catholicism but were secrectly practicing Judaism. Not only was this inquisition intended to overthrow the…