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They treated them badly
To get them to confess to heresy
The Inquisition lasted from 1478 to 1834 which means it lasted 356 years. a looong time
Both tried to get rid of people they thought of as bad for society. Salem focused on witches, while th Inquisition dealt with supposed heretics and Jews. One big difference between the two was that in Salem, the accusations ccame from girls believed to bewitched and the accusations in the Inquisistion came from completely normal people and the government. The second large difference is the death tolls. Salem's was 24 and the Inquisition number in the tens of hundreds. The third is execution. It was hanging in Salem and burning in the Inquisition.
The people persecuted in the Spanish Inquisition were "New Christians", which is to say Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity in order to continue living in Spain (since Judaism and Islam were banned), but who were believed to be secretly practicing their faith of birth. Hundreds of thousands of Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity were persecuted. Later, the Spanish Inquisition also persecuted Protestant reformers.
They treated them badly
The Inquisition was controlled by the Roman Catholic Church- there was both a Roman Inquisition, and a Spanish Variant.
I don't think there are any specific "lessons" to be learnt from the Inquisition.
The Inquisition was a Catholic judicial group that worked to keep people from committing heresy. They were cruel, and inflicted torture on huge numbers of innocent people. The Inquisition was started under Pope Gregory XI in 1232.
To get them to confess to heresy
To get them to confess to heresy
A church court which investigated, tried and convicted heretics was the Inquisition.Roman Catholic AnswerThe Inquisition.
the Inquisition was about getting the people of Europe (mostly in Spain and Portugal) to be Catholic again and stop the spread of Judaism and Islam.
"Inquisition" is a noun.
Historians distinguish four different manifestations of the Inquisition:the Medieval Inquisition (1184-1230s)the Spanish Inquisition (1478-1834)the Portuguese Inquisition (1536-1821)the Roman Inquisition (1542 - c. 1860 )
The New Inquisition was created in 1986.
Goa Inquisition was created in 1560.