We know the organizations that did support it, like the Roman Catholic Church, the Spanish Monarchy, and most Spanish citizens during its early period.
Both St. Francis of Assisi and Pope Innocent III lived in the middle of the Episcopal Inquisition and supported its aims. They would, indeed, have supported the Spanish Inquisition. You are probably thinking of the Spanish Inquisition as popularized by the modern media relying on English propaganda. Please read about the REAL Spanish Inquisition, whose records are just now coming to light. The history books about the Spanish Inquisition have all been shown to be based on lies.The Spanish Inquisition:Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMkjvCKTK3QPart II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgtLDECsUY0Part III: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQBrAUcoaxoPart IV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4KZ1o6j_ssPart V: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHk9AJ8-aQk
Yes. See, for example, the Spanish Inquisition.
Muslims had been formally expelled from Spain prior to the Spanish Inquisition. Some Muslims converted to Christianity openly, but practiced Islam in secret. The Spanish Inquisition set out to find which Muslims had not truly converted and would torture any suspects that, in their view, were secretly practicing Islam. The Spanish Inquisition reached its height in the mid-1500s and was not disbanded until the 1830s.
Life was absolutely horrible during the Spanish Inquisition. Horrible torture methods were used for a heretic to confess. Usually, if a heretic confessd, they would be released from prison. If they didn't confess, they would be burned at the stake.
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.
The concept of the Spanish Inquisition being unexpected did not arise from historical accounts of the Inquisition itself, but through the satirical and absurdist humour of Monty Python's Flying Circus (a famous British group of comedians and their television program of the same name).The Spanish Inquisition itself was a court and associated enforcers charged with asserting the orthodoxy of the Catholic Church in Spain, separate from papal control. In 1478, the then Spanish monarchs established the tribunal to replace the Medieval Inquisition, which was directed from Rome.The Spanish Inquisition was in no real way unexpected, as the multi-religion state of Spain had long since experienced tensions between the ruling Christian faith and the Muslims and Jews who remained in Spain even after the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula. It was only a matter of time before the state itself took action to expel the Jews and repress conversos, Moriscos and protestants.The famous sketches by Monty Python's Flying Circus often depicted an 'everyday' situation, in which one character may be receiving a large number of questions and say with ironic hyperbole "I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition" (meaning 'I did not expect to be interrogated in this manner'), at which point Michael Palin and several other actors would jump into the scene dressed as officers of the Spanish Inquisition and exclaim in reply "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!". This is the origin of the phrase.
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.
She probably would have supported them.
Torture was often used to punish and eventually kill heretics during the Spanish inquisition. Many inquisitors would starve their inmates, force them to consume vast amounts of water, or heap burning coals onto them. Other inquisitors would use a strappado or a rack to torture and eventually kill accused heretics.
It forced them to flee, convert, or die. If they decided to risk not truly converting, the Inquisition would hunt them down and torture them.
Three would be:The invention of the printing pressThe reformationForming of the Spanish inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition served as a unifying power tool for Spain. By using Catholicism as the standard, Ferdinand and Isabella appointed Thomas de Torquemada to lead the Spanish Inquisition and purge those who would not embrace the "True Faith" from Spain. Once it was underway, the Church was unable to seize control away from the Spanish rulers.