Comparative Analysis of "The Spanish Inquisition" and "Trent 1475"

Beginning in the Middle Ages and through the seventeenth centuries, witch trials occurred in Europe. Many people were accused of being witches some of these people were accused of being witches for not following Christian beliefs at that time and others followed witch prosecutions for goods and money. Furthermore, the stereotypes of witches at this period also had a role in causing witch prosecutions. In this essay I argue how these three components led to the death of so-called witches. Firstly, I will discuss how the Catholic Church had an impact on most prosecutions. Secondly, I will explain how social stereotypes of that period have also influenced with the causes of prosecution of many alleged witches. Thirdly, I will discuss how

The Spanish Inquisition became a major part of Spain’s history. The Spanish Inquisition began a restoration for Catholicism but as time progressed, it began to be seen as a terrible aspect of Spain rule by other European countries. The Spanish Inquisition was formed to get rid of heresy but soon turned into using force, to have people convert to Catholicism and get rid of the growing threat of Judaism and Protestantism.

“High Holy Days” is a poem in which the author, Jane Shore, conveys the emergence of an innocent youth into a cruel and anti-Semitic world. It is told from a point of reflection on a childhood memory but as if it was presently occurring. This poem primarily focuses on Judaism along with the prejudice experienced by the Jewish community. The speaker is characterized as a child on the cusp of a transition in maturity and attitude. This plays a key role in understanding the text. While the speaker appears to be merely a child, no greater than thirteen-years-old, she is presented with feelings of great responsibility to lead her people and “defend them against the broken windows” (Shore 59) and “the spray-painted writing on the walls,” (Shore

The book Modern Inquisitions: Peru and the Colonial Origins of the Civilized World was written by Irene Silverblatt. This book described the medieval civilization of Peru and colonial Andes. It also went into great detail about the inquisitions of the Roman Catholic church. Irene Marsha Silverblatt was born on September 14, 1948 in Philadelphia, PA. She graduated college from the University of Michigan. She is now a Professor at Duke University.

The Spanish Inquisition was originally an institution developed in Spain to conduct trials by the Catholic Monarchs. The Inquisition’s trial courts focused on ensuring that the Catholic Doctrine was enforced. After the conquering and colonization of indigenous groups within the New World the colony of New Spain was formed. The Spanish Crown sought to use the Inquisition to prosecute those guilty of heresy or blasphemy, which is the act of denouncing God or demeaning religious ideas. Comparing and analyzing Spanish Inquisition blasphemy trial documents demonstrate the recorded history and process by which these trials started and ended. Which presents us with the question, how did blasphemy trials effect the personal lives of indigenous groups within New Spain?

A common Basque saying goes, “before God was God and boulders were boulders, Basques were already Basques.” This saying highlights the Basque’s enduring inhabitance in the mountains between Spain and France. The existence in the Pyrenees is remarkable considering the population’s repeated persecution. The bombing of Guernica is one of the most notorious instances of Basque persecution, which was Pablo Picasso’s inspiration for arguably his most recognizable painting, Guernica. Another period of persecution in the Basque region was the Inquisition during the early seventeenth century. Pierre de Lancre initiated the Inquisition on the French side in 1609, which swiftly spread to Logroño, a region on the Spanish side, by 1610. The Inquisition

Time and time again, throughout history, Jews faced immeasurable intolerance. The infamous Spanish Inquisition propelled those of the Jewish faith and heritage into the New World. Historians specializing in the Spanish Inquisition itself often begin their research mid-story, ignoring completely its roots, which date back to the thirteenth century. Instead, it is common for a book on the Inquisition to begin in the fifteenth century, with the expulsion of North African Muslims, or Moors, from Spain. Even in Toby Green’s Inquisition: The Reign of Fear, a fourteen chapter book devoted to the subject, the author evasively states, “The Inquisition had been created in Spain within the past few years to target alleged bad Christians among the conversos.” As noted by one historian, Gale Stewart, conversely, “the Inquisition had been an active force in Europe for over 250 years before it came to Spain.”

Medieval times era was horror for the people in Spain because of the Spanish inquisition.The Spanish Inquisition was a Christian Group formed by Queen Isabella (queen of Castile) and Ferdinand (the king of Portugal who married Isabella) in 1478. It was formed because Monarchs restricted the rights of jews. Because of this, there were many riots by anti jews in 1391. Many Jews converted,they were called conversos. What most Christians didn't know was the they secretly practiced their religion. These people were called Marranos and they were a bigger threat to the Christians.

The Spanish Inquisition was established in 1478 during the 13th century by the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella to strengthen to the power of the new Spanish Kingdom. The Spanish Kingdom combined the two empires of Aragon and Castile. The dominant religion was Christianity despite the fact that there was a big influence of Jews in Spain. Jews and Muslims were pressured to convert to Christianity or be persecuted. In addition, those who resisted were killed while those who did convert, known as conversos, were constantly under suspicion. There were also Jews who publicly converted to Christianity, but continued to practice their faith in secret. They were known as Marranos. The Marranos we were considered to be a great threat to the

The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision by Henry Kamen, was released in 1997 and is the third edition of the acclaimed book centered around the infamous tribunal. The years following the first publication saw increases in the quality of scholarship and an influx of research.  New historical interpretations subsequently began to demonstrate an enhanced insight, as works like Benzion Netanyahu’s The Origins of the Inquisition presented original perspectives. Kamen was consequentially compelled to reevaluate the evidence surrounding the Inquisition, ultimately causing him to divert from his previous conclusions and adopt a revisionist perspective exploring historical causation. The Spanish Inquisition has been repeatedly studied for

These inquisitions targeted recent converts to Christianity. In Spain, Jews and Muslims were forced to either convert or leave the country. The Spanish Inquisition was instituted in 1478 and targeted those who had converted but were suspected of practicing their old religion in secret. Trials were very unfair. The accused wasn’t always told the charges against them, they were required to testify and if they refused that was taken as an admission of guilt, anyone could testify against them and they weren’t told who their accusers were. Tourture was also used as a means to get a confession, although if someone confessed under torture they had to confess again in court for their confession to count. All together, the death toll of the Spanish inquisition was 3,000-5,000. The Portuguese Inquisition was similar to the Spanish Inquisition. It was instituted in 1536 and also targeted recent converts from Judaism. However, the death toll was much higher at around

The Spanish Inquisition caused huge milestone in Spanish history as it was the first time that Spain had to rediscover their identity and it was these three points that made the biggest impact on the Inquisition. It caused such a hatred between the Jews and Christians that it took a while to get back to what it was before than it impacted a huge rivalry between two young kings of France and Spain who were fighting for the thorne trying to gain power. As the inquisition was finally coming to an end it formed an alliance between Ferdinand II and Isabella I to get higher into the royal status. The inquisition overall might have caused Spain’s natural identity to completely crumble with every day going by but it also was something that they

Agrippa’s The Vanity and Uncertainty of the Arts and Sciences is a document that offers a sharp rebuke of the Inquisition and the church of the era in which he was writing. Agrippa offers an indictment of the Inquisition in this document and subsequently exposes some of the hypocrisy of the Church. The document was originally printed in 1530 and written in Latin, and still provides important, if upsetting, insight into the ways that the Inquisitors enriched themselves, tortured people (especially women), and ultimately fouled their faith. Written against the backdrop of the Inquisition, which has created a reign of terror and a new set of power dynamics, Agrippa’s indictment of the Inquisition is an interesting counterpoint to the views of this horrible event that sought to justify it. Agrippa’s first-person accounts and emphasis on the cruelties of the Inquisitors help him to create an ethos as a writer. He is clearly a man of faith whose values are more in line with traditional thinking about Christianity than Inquisitors of his era. It is important to understand this document’s context by first explicating its content and then turning to an analysis of the document’s relationship with history.

Rhetorics of the Expulsion allows readers to know different stances about the 17th century’s Spanish people’s discrimination on ‘Moor and Jews’. By dividing the history into three sections—before, during, and after—the expulsion, the readers could learn about the history without much bias or preference of the author. Also, Feros stated that “It is equally revealing to analyze how the Expulsion was viewed in histories, treatises and funeral sermons published or written in the seventeenth century” which proves how he wanted to see the case with diverse and neutral

These various inquisitions, and the protestant reformation was known as one of humanities darkest events in history. People lived in fear of accusation, death, and the social norms of this era; the world was living in a shadow of fear, thousands dying by knife, ax, and fire. Over the course of 500 years, religious conflict spread across Europe, though it was a widespread issue, it was tolerated by many. There are many similarities between Octavia Butler’s book, The Parable of the Talents and the various inquisitions of human history, and through the persecutions and conversations of religious groups, the religious chaos at this time, and how Lauren’s character is similar to a religious icon during these times there is evidence that Butler’s novel