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Originally, the the Inquisition was established in order to suppress heresy. (The Catholic Church in the the Middle Ages and later was generally not very tolerant of diversity on matters of doctrine). Later, in 1478 Spain was allowed to set up its own 'national' Inquisition. Initially, its main function was to detect insincere converts from Judaism and Islam. (Spain offered its Jewish and Islamic population the choice between explusion and conversion to Christianity: hence the problem).

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