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The term Inquisition can refer to any one of several institutions charged with trying and convicting heretics (or other offenders against canon law) within the Catholic Church. It may refer to: Before the 12th century, the Catholic Church already suppressed what it saw as heresy, usually through a system of ecclesiastical proscription or imprisonment, but rarely directly resorting to torture... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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Spanish Inquisition In order to interrogate the accused, the Inquisition made use of torture, but not in a systematic way.

Spanish Inquisition One of the best known stories of Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum, explores along the same lines the use of torture by the Inquisition.

Spanish Inquisition The Inquisition would then use ineffectual forms of torture, including a dish-drying rack, soft cushions and a comfy chair.

Ad extirpanda Ad extirpanda (named for its Latin incipit) was a papal bull, promulgated on May 15, 1252, by Pope Innocent IV, which explicitly authorized (and defined the appropriate circumstances for) the use of torture by the Inquisition for eliciting confessions from heretics.

Water cure Water cure was among the forms of torture used by the Spanish Inquisition.

The Goa Inquisition (book) The 9th chapter discusses the various methods of torture used on Hindus, Muslims and Jews by the Inquisition, such as burning by Sulphur, Water-torture, rape, the use of pulleys to stretch victims and the "strappado" method of torture.

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Judas cradle The Judas cradle, also known as the Judas chair, was a torture device allegedly used by the Spanish Inquisition.

Beaster The Judas Cradle, also known as the Judas Chair, was a torture device allegedly used by the Spanish Inquisition.

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Spanish Inquisition The Inquisition would then use ineffectual forms of torture, including a dish-drying rack, soft cushions and a comfy chair.

Water cure Water cure was among the forms of torture used by the Spanish Inquisition.

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Tablillas Tablillas were an implement of torture alleged to have been used by the Inquisition, in Larousse Enciclopedia Gran Universal Ilustrada.

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Beaster The Judas Cradle, also known as the Judas Chair, was a torture device allegedly used by the Spanish Inquisition.

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Spanish Inquisition The Inquisition would then use ineffectual forms of torture, including a dish-drying rack, soft cushions and a comfy chair.

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Judas cradle The Judas cradle, also known as the Judas chair, was a torture device allegedly used by the Spanish Inquisition.

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Spanish Inquisition The Inquisition would then use ineffectual forms of torture, including a dish-drying rack, soft cushions and a comfy chair.

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Spanish Inquisition The Inquisition would then use ineffectual forms of torture, including a dish-drying rack, soft cushions and a comfy chair.

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Tablillas Tablillas were an implement of torture alleged to have been used by the Inquisition, in Larousse Enciclopedia Gran Universal Ilustrada.

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Ad extirpanda Ad extirpanda (named for its Latin incipit) was a papal bull, promulgated on May 15, 1252, by Pope Innocent IV, which explicitly authorized (and defined the appropriate circumstances for) the use of torture by the Inquisition for eliciting confessions from heretics.

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Anne de Chantraine People executed by the Medieval Inquisition

Ana de Castro People executed by the Spanish Inquisition

Catholic Church Over a 350-year period, this Spanish Inquisition executed between 3,000 and 4,000 people, representing around two percent of those accused.

Category:People executed by the Portuguese Inquisition Category:People executed by the Portuguese Inquisition

Category:People executed by the Portuguese Inquisition People executed by the Portuguese Inquisition.

Cayetano Ripoll People executed by the Spanish Inquisition

Gerard Segarelli People executed by the Roman Inquisition

Maria Barbara Carillo People executed by the Spanish Inquisition

Category:People executed by the Spanish Inquisition Category:People executed by the Spanish Inquisition

Menocchio People executed by the Roman Inquisition

Category:People executed by the Roman Inquisition Category:People executed by the Roman Inquisition

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Spanish Inquisition The last execution in persona for sodomy by the Inquisition took place in Zaragoza in April 1633.

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Christianity in the 13th century Formalized under Gregory IX, this Medieval inquisition executed an average of three people per year for heresy at its height.

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Spanish Inquisition There are differing views on the total number of Jews or conversos burnt at the stake by the Inquisition: Juan Antonio Llorente, writing in the 19th century, put the total number of those executed by the Inquisition at 32,000.

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Spanish Inquisition The first sodomite was burned by the Inquisition in Valencia in 1572, and those accused included 19% clergy, 6% nobles, 37% workers, 19% servants, and 18% soldiers and sailors.

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Auto-da-Fé Auto da Fé (original title Die Blendung, "The Blinding") is a 1935 novel by Elias Canetti; the title of the English translation (by C. V. Wedgwood, 1946) refers to the burning of heretics by the Inquisition.

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Cecco d'Ascoli He was the first university scholar to be burned by the Inquisition.

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Tomás de Torquemada Today, there is a general consensus that about 2000 people were burned by the Inquisition in the whole of Spain between 1480 and 1530, while Torquemada was Grand Inquisitor from 1483 until his death in 1498.

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History of Toulouse The inquisition continued to burn people at the stake.

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1696 December 24 – The Inquisition burns a number of Marrano Jews in Evora, Portugal.

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Iyar Thirteen Jews in Troyes, France were burned at the stake by the Inquisition on the 20th of Iyar in 1288.

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    Inquisition

    The term Inquisition can apply to any one of several institutions charged with trying and convicting heretics (or other offenders against canon law) within the justice-system of the Catholic Church.
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    Category:Inquisition

    Inquisition Christianity-related controversies
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    Inquisition (disambiguation)

    Inquisition (Inquisitorial system) is a common legal procedure where the tribunal is actively involved in determining the facts of the case. Inquisition can also mean a systematic procedure used by Catholic and Protestant Churches to prosecute alleged heretics (using inquisitorial procedures).
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    Inquisition (song)

    "Inquisition" is a song by the band Skinny Puppy released as a single from their album Last Rights. Track listing
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    Inquisition (band)

    Inquisition was a punk rock band from Richmond, Virginia. They significantly influenced the local scene, and several members went on to form other bands such as Strike Anywhere, River City High, and Ann Beretta.
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    Inquisition (Colombian band)

    The band Inquisition was formed in 1988 in Cali Colombia by Dagon. The band started as a thrash metal act, and in 1994 evolved into raw black metal.
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    Inquisition (video game)

    Inquisition is an adventure video game released in 2003 for Microsoft Windows. The game was developed by the French company Wanadoo Edition.
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    The Inquisition (underground newspaper)

    The Inquisition was an underground newspaper produced by high school students and their various friends bi-weekly in Charlotte, North Carolina from April 1968 to late 1969.
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    The Inquisition (Captain Scarlet episode)

    "The Inquisition" is the 32nd and final episode of the Supermarionation television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. It was first broadcast in the UK on May 14, 1968 on ATV Midlands, was written by Tony Barwick and directed by Ken Turner.
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    Spanish Inquisition

    The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition, was a tribunal established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms, and to replace the medieval inquisition which was under papal control.

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