  Established by Isabella and Ferdinand in 1478  Isabella and Ferdinand got the approval of the Pope Sixtus IV to expel Jews, Protestants and non- believers from Spain  Tomas de Torquemada-Grand Inquisitor  Also one in Portugal and Rome Origins

  Isabella

  Ferdinand

  It is believed that 40,000 Jews were forced out  Those that stayed in Spain had to convert to Catholicism  Those Jews that became Catholics became known as “ converso ” Persecution

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  Catholics began to target Protestants in the 16 th century  First group was the Lutherans  Persecution was also directed toward the Moriscos, these were converts from Islam  Many Jews and Muslims were expelled in 1492 after the Muslim stronghold of Granada fell

  Political and religious unity  Strengthen power of the Spanish monarchy  Economic (confiscating property of those who were forced out)  Fear Motives for the Spanish Inquisition

  People that refused to convert or leave were subject to trials  There were several options when it came time to sentence someone  Acquited  Suspended (let go, but still under suspicion)  Penance (guilty and had to pay fines and confess)  Reconciled (guilty and may be tortured)  Relaxation to the secular arm (burned at the stake) Sentencing

  A religious ceremony (literally – “act of faith”)  Came after a sentencing  Had a mass, a prayer and brought the guilty in front of authorities for sentencing  Ritual of public penance of condemned heretics and apostates that took place when the Spanish Inquisition had decided their punishment, followed by the execution by the civil authorities of the sentences imposed Auto De Fe

  Isabella and Ferdinand saw the burning of 2,000 people and 15,000 were reconciled  The total figures are as follows  341,021 people were put on trial  31,912 of them were killed Death Toll

  The Inquisition was abolished July 15 th, 1834 (spread to Spanish colonies)  This was a Royal Decree signed by Maria Cristina de Borbon End of the Inquisition

  A persons arms would be tied behind their back and they are suspended from a ceiling  Also has weights on legs Strappado

  A cloth is placed in a person’s mouth and they are forced to ingest water  Simulates drowning Toca

  A person would be placed on a table and their limbs would be stretched  Ligaments would pop Rack

  A person was seated and fastened into chair that had up to 2,000 spikes Spanish Chair

  A person was placed in side of a sarcophagus that had spikes in it  Spikes would stab person, but miss vital organs Iron Maiden

  Perhaps if an individual would repent, they would be strangled with the garrote before being burned Garrote