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What two reasons does Edgar Allan Poe believe caused the Spanish Inquisition?
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Even though Edgar Allan Poe wrote about the Inquisition in one of his short stories, 'The Pit and the Pendulum,' the Inquisition was banned way before Poe was born. There are, of course, symbolic depths to the story. It is the rats which release the narrator, and what might the significance of this be? It is ironic also that the reason for the narrator's internment is because of his thoughts and beliefs: would this suggest a psychological interpretation, in that the pendulum is symbolic of the cutting edge of thought, or Time? And it is ironic also that this devilish form of torture is devised by a Spanish Inquisition which seeks to defend the faith.
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The Spanish Monarch requested the help of the Pope, and thus led to the Spanish Inquisition.Roman Catholic AnswerIn Spain, at the time, there were many political troubles. A large portion of which was caused by Christians who had converted for political reasons but actually weren't believers. Under cover of the Church they conducted secret activities against the state. This Inquisition was the Spanish crown's way of dealing with these individuals. from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980The Spanish Inquisition, set up by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1478 and empowered by Pope Sixtus IV, was directed against the lapsed converts from Judaism, crypto-Jews, and other apostates whose secret activities were dangerous to Church and State. The civil government had great influence in the administration of this Inquisition, and the Spanish ecclesiastical tribunal accused of scandalous cruelty must share its condemnations with them. The latter worked during these days in defiance of the Holy See, which often condemned inquisitors because of their cruelties. Even so, these cruelties have been grossly exaggerated, and the fact that the Inquisition did tremendous good in saving the Latin countries from anarchy has been forgotten. Much falsehood surrounds the events of this period, which should be judged by the standards of those times, not by modern ideas of the human person and of religious freedom.
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