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What types of people were persecuted during the spanish inquisition?
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∙ 12y ago
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.
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Why were people tortured during the Spanish Inquisition?
To get them to confess to heresy
What people were people were persecuted during the holocaust?
jews.
How many people were killed during the inquisition?
The estimation of the number of lives lost during the Spanish Inquisition is somewhere around 150,000. However, the numbers may have actually been much higher. Suprema records only give information prior to 1560. For a thorough study to be done, it would be necessary to also include information from local tribunals. However, due to wars and time, many of these documents have been lost or destroyed.
How did the Inquisition treat the people brought before them?
They treated them badly
How many Jewish people persecuted in Nazi Germany?
9
Why were people tortured during Spanish Inquisition?
To get them to confess to heresy
Why were people tortured during the Spanish Inquisition?
To get them to confess to heresy
What group of people were in charge during the medieval inquisition?
The Inquisition was controlled by the Roman Catholic Church- there was both a Roman Inquisition, and a Spanish Variant.
What manner of death ws chosen to those who would not admit to herecy during the Spanish Inquisition?
Often, torture was used to punish and kill people deemed heretics during the Spanish Inquisition. Different forms of torture that often resulted in death included starvation, excessive consumption of water, or burning coals.
Which groups did Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain target and persecute during the Spanish Inquisition?
Strictly speaking, the Spanish Inquisition was designed to persecute Christian heretics, people who were believed to be following Christianity improperly. However, most of the people accused of heresy were former Jews and Muslims who converted to Christian under threat of death. As a result, it is generally oversimplified to say that the Spanish Inquisition targeted JEWS AND MUSLIMS.
What were some of the tactics the Catholic Church used to fight the spread of protestantism during the Spanish Inquisition?
Although the Spanish Inquisition was licensed by the Catholic Church, it was primarily a work of the Spanish Crown. Mostly the Inquisition itself was the "tactic" if you will. If someone was reported to the Inquisitor, then an investigation was held, if there was enough evidence, the person would be brought in and questioned. Contrary to "popular opinion" the Inquisition was very mild compared to the civil government, and many cases are known of people who deliberately confessed to some transgression to get their case transferred to the Inquisition to receive more lenient and better treatment.
Why did Spain support the Spanish Inquisition following the protestant?
To stop people from converting from Catholicism.
If someone wasn't Christian in the renaissance period was there a punshiment?
During the inquisition, most notably the Spanish Inquisition, people who were not Christians (Jews and Muslims) had to convert under the penalty of death. Many were also expelled from Spain and other countries. There was no tolerance in that regard.
What people were people were persecuted during the holocaust?
jews.
What choices did people have during the inquisition?
They didn't have a choice either you were the religion that they wanted you t be or you were held as prisoner ,executed ,or tortured till you died. the Spanish inquisition was started by king Ferdinand and queen Isabella they wanted to make sure that no other religion was being practiced besides Christianity. if you were accused of heresy (the practice of another religion) you were sentenced to die. more than two thirds of the population was killed during either the Spanish inquisition or the Portuguese inquisitions.
Was the court established by the church to uncover heresy and punish the heretics in The Inquisition?
Roman Catholic AnswerThere is no simple answer to this question, as you are dealing with a period of nearly seven centuries, and many different inquisitions. The Medieval Inquisition ran from 1184-1230. The Spanish Inquisition from 1478 through 1834, the Portuguese Inquisition from 1536 through 1821, and the roman Inquisition from 1542 through 1860. When people in the the modern, western world refer to "The Inquisition", most of the time they are referring to the Spanish Inquisition which was the only one which was NOT under the Church's control. The Spanish Inquisition was operated completely under the control of the Spanish crown and independent of the Holy See.Below are two links on the Inquisitions. Basically, Inquisitions under control of the Holy See were to seek out heresy and stop its effects on the population of the faithful, this was obviously not the case with the Spanish Inquisition - which was the only one operative in the Americas.
What kinds of crimes were people accused of during The Inquisition?
being a "heretic" and/or being a "witch"
