The Roman inquisition was not about those who broke the law. It was a type of trial by the Catholic Church against religious dissidents or misfits who were accused of heresy during the Middle Ages. The penalty was being burn on the stake.
King Ferdinand was the king during the Spanish Inquisition.
The Inquisition was controlled by the Roman Catholic Church- there was both a Roman Inquisition, and a Spanish Variant.
Christianity.
The Inquisition banned books during the Renaissance, but it abandoned the brutal measures once used in the Middle Ages.
books
To get them to confess to heresy
The Catholic religion.
To get them to confess to heresy
They were either converted or slain.
The Christians weren't altogether angry, but this was perhaps during the time of the Great Inquisition. The Great Inquisition was a time that the Muslims were coming into Europe, so that might've had some issues with the Muslims during that period of time.
Prevent the introduction of Protestant religions
being a "heretic" and/or being a "witch"