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Roman Catholic answerThe Spanish Inquisition was set up in 1478 by the Spanish monarchy. It's main purpose was to ensure Catholic orthodoxy especially as there had just been a huge number of converts, mostly Muslims. It wasn't officially ended until the 19th century.
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What country held the most famous Inquisition?

The most noted or infamous was the Spanish Inquistion.


Which group was persecuted first by the Inquisition?

The Holy Office of the Inquisition (Papal Inquistion) was concerned with heresy and heretics. In 1478, Spain set up its own Inquistion - the Spanish Inquisition. Initially, its sole function was to find insincere converts from Judaism. This was soon extended to insincere converts from Islam. Spain had a problem entirely of its own making: in the interests of uniformity, it put immense pressure on its large Jewish and Muslims to convert to Christianity. Those who refused were ultimately expelled from Spain. Later, the role of the Spanish Inquistion widened.


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The priests of the Spanish Inquistion went to great lengths to devise totures that did not involve spilling blood, so they could say: "We do not shed blood".


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What European countries were under spanish rule during the spanish inquisition?

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What does purpose means in spanish?

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What are some wars fought in the Catholic church?

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What was church court the pope set up called?

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