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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 Roman Catholic Church. It may refer to: Before the 12th century, the Western Christian Church already suppressed what it saw as heresy, usually through a system of ecclesiastical proscription or imprisonment, but rarely resorting to torture... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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people, average and New Spain.

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Anne de Chantraine People executed by the Medieval Inquisition

Giordano Bruno People executed by the Roman Inquisition

Gerard Segarelli People executed by the Roman Inquisition

Maria Barbara Carillo People executed by the Spanish Inquisition

Solomon Molcho People executed by the Portuguese Inquisition

History of the Roman 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.

Roman 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.

Francisca Nuñez de Carabajal People executed by the Spanish Inquisition

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

Ana de Castro People executed by the Spanish Inquisition

Category:People executed by the Medieval Inquisition Category:People executed by the Medieval Inquisition

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

Menocchio People executed by the Roman Inquisition

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History of the Roman Catholic Church Formalized under Gregory IX, this Medieval inquisition executed an average of three people per year for heresy at its height.

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Francisca Nuñez de Carabajal Francisca Nuñez de Carabajal (ca. 1540, Portugal—December 8, 1596, Mexico City) was a Marano (converted Jew) in New Spain executed by the Inquisition for "judaizing" in 1596.

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

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.

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

Judas Chair The Spanish Inquisition, however, used other devices that were designed to break the skin, which only serves to further confuse the history of the Judas Cradle.

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

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

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Iron maiden (torture device) This iron maiden is said to have been used by the Inquisition to symbolically inject Christian beliefs into its victims.

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Moriscoes, group, Ciganos, Protestantism, trinitarians, language, communities, person, Jews, Family, Waldensians and Protestants.

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Interracial marriage The ones who converted to Christianity were known as Moriscoes, and they were often persecuted by the Spanish Inquisition on the basis of the Limpieza de sangre ("Cleanliness of blood") or "blue blood" doctrine.

Miscegenation The ones who converted to Christianity were known as Moriscoes, and they were often persecuted by the Spanish Inquisition on the basis of the Limpieza de sangre ("Cleanliness of blood") or "blue blood" doctrine, under which anti-miscegenation laws were implemented in Spain.

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Christian debate on persecution and toleration The Waldensians, a group which can be considered a precursor to Protestant and Evangelical Christianity was likewise persecuted by the Inquisition.

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Romani people by country They came from Serbia (the Machvaya), from Romania (the Kalderash), from Italy (the Lovari), as well as from Greece and Turkey (the Horahane) Initially, the presence of Roma in Brazil was explained by the Portuguese Inquisition persecuting the Ciganos of Portugal by exiling them overseas.

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Amsterdam The main reasons for the uprising were the imposition of new taxes, the tenth penny, and the religious persecution of Protestantism by the Spanish Inquisition.

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Gospel of Barnabas In the late sixteenth century many anti-Trinitarians, persecuted both by Calvinists and by the Inquisition, sought refuge in Transylvania: ; then under Turkish overlordship and with close links to Istanbul .

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The catalan Celestina Vives language (persecuted by the Inquisition, arriving to the point to get refuge at Erasmus of Rotterdam home) was only the catalan, and when he could not write in that language, before using Spanish, he had chosen to write in Latin.

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Christianity and antisemitism The inquisition persecuted many Indian communities of Hindus and Muslims, as well as the large population of Jews in the Konkan region.

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Miscegenation Anyone whose ancestors had miscegenated with the Moors or Jews were persecuted by the Inquisition.

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Miscegenation Anyone whose ancestors had miscegenated with the Moors or Jews were persecuted by the Inquisition.

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Botbol The Botbol families in Morocco, like most of the established Jewish community in Morocco, arrived between 1478, persecuted by the Spanish Inquisition, and 1492 when the Catholic Monarchs signed the Alhambra Decree, the edict ordering the expulsion of all Jews from Spain and its possessions.

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Christian debate on persecution and toleration The Waldensians, a group which can be considered a precursor to Protestant and Evangelical Christianity was likewise persecuted by the Inquisition.

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History of the Basque people However, Protestants were persecuted by the Spanish Inquisition.

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    Inquisition

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    Inquisition is a 1991 book by Carlton Sherwood about the early 1980s investigation and trial of Rev. Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church for alleged tax evasion (see Rev. Moon tax case).
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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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    Spanish Inquisition

    The archives of the Inquisition, in comparison to those of other judicial systems of the era, are striking in the completeness of their documentation.
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    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 is an adventure video game released in 2003 for Microsoft Windows based PCs. The game was developed by the French company Wanadoo Edition.
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    "Inquisition" is a season six episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Dr. Bashir, scheduled to leave for a conference the next day, tends to Chief O'Brien, who has dislocated his shoulder while kayaking in a holosuite.

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