Riots In 1391 Vs Spanish Inquisition

When the Spanish Inquisition was put into effect it was to keep political and religious unity in Spain. The Spanish Inquisition “aimed primarily at Catholic conversos of Jewish heritage and, later, similar converts from Islam” (Robert P. Lockwood). The leaders of the Catholic Church and the King and Queen of Spain at the time wanted to keep any person from changing religions. If a person was caught abandoning their Catholic religion they could face torture and even execution.

The Monarchy of the Habsburg Empire implemented a series of reformative policies that would push the Galician Jews to assimilate with the secular population. This was done in an attempt to strengthen the Empire’s economy, by better harnessing the Jewish

Western European countries fought to be superior and each took a different route to how they believed this could be achieved. The Spanish and Polish colonies in the Americas enacted Inquisitions against the non-Christian religions, creating territories of distrust and hatred towards each other. The English colonies, however, took on a more tolerant direction. After the Jews were readmitted into England, their value became more evident as the population grew along with their commerce. As trade for England traveled to the American colonies, so did the Jews. America was a new land that promised religious tolerance and revenue to those who lived there. Where there is religious tolerance there will be Jews moving there to escape

Religion changed majorly since the start of the middle ages. Before the middle ages people were very devoted to Christianity. This all changed when they prayed to God to stop the plague and he didn't answer their prayers. According to Source A, it showed people becoming very distant to the church. People grew especially distant when some priests didn't properly bury the dead either because the priests didn't want to get sick from the plague or there were just too many bodies. In addition, according to source E, many Christians blamed the plague on Jews. "Campaigns to kill Jews took place in southern France, Spain, Poland, Austria and Germany. Jewish populations were massacred, burned alive and attacked by dogs." This was another reason for there to be conflict between Jews and Christians. The result was large groups of Jews either migrating or being kicked out of countries into other ones. According to source A many Jews went to Poland because Poland's King Casimir III the Great allowed Jews to stay there. Fast forward 600 years later and a man by the name of Adolf Hitler came along, and his targets, Jews, were all grouped together. As you can imagine one of the first places he captured was Poland. The religious change had many long term effects, even 600 years

The Gabriel Rebellion was a revolt organized in the summer of 1800 by a man whom many call Gabriel Prosser. His last name was derived from his master, Thomas Prosser. The main objective of the revolt was to fight for the freedom of black slaves held within the state of Virginia. However, the revolt did not materialize because word spread around before the plan could be executed. Immediately after the governor got wind of the revolt, security was beefed up around Richmond where the uprising had been planned to start. Nonetheless, the rebellion had an impact on the treatment of slaves in Virginia. For instance, the unrestricted movement of slaves within the state was banned along with the practice of hiring out slaves. The government also enacted a law that prohibited freed slaves from staying within the state boundaries for more than twelve months. Taking everything into account, although the Gabriel Rebellion did not materialize, it did change the manner in which slaves were treated and hastened their emancipation.

The arrival of the Inquisition was swift and powerful, the decline of the Inquisition was drawn out and pathetic. Laws slowly began to be abolished around the eighteenth century. The distinction between Old and New Christians was no longer legally binding, the Moriscos had all but been erased from Spain, and Judaism had no influence. The job was done. Over hundreds of years and a multitude of rulers hellbent on eradicating religious diversity, a mild amount of success had been achieved. As the decades rolled on, however, rulers became more and more disinterested with the inquisitorial rule. The looming French Revolution severely hurt the seemingly dormant Inquisition. The Revolution brought new condemnation for the movement, and more specifically, condemnation for the unnecessarily violent actions of the church. The Inquisition was truly crippled early in the nineteenth century as a Constitution was being constructed by Rafael Riego, an Asturian battalion commander. Through this, and various civil wars and revolts within the nineteenth century, the Spanish Inquisition was officially demolished. The movement that had thousands tortured, imprisoned, and murdered had finally

The wish for Jews to remain can be seen Volterra which petitioned twice for their return and were successful in 1432. Furthermore, this was not the ‘primary’ cause for anti-Semitism during this era, as one of the main reasons for trying to gain more money through high taxes and allowing Jews to return was to fund further crusades. Not until after the First Crusade did the association between Jews and moneylending appear, the crusade severely impacted the way Jews were perceived. More drastic events, such as the Crusades, are needed to

The Middle ages had a rise of anti-Jewish sentiment and persecution. The Jewish was the outsiders and had targets on there back every where they went. The Churches had certain feelings about them that was not the best feelings they should of had. Jews were targeted for many reasons by the Catholic Church because of Sanitation, Blood Libel and Killers of Christ.

Some Old Testament skeptics claim that the Israelite conquest of Canaan was an act of divine cruelty. I can see this accusation being leveled due to the Christian Crusades, which began in 1095 and showed no love of God nor adherence to God’s commands. The formation of the Spanish Inquisition, which began in 1478, and led the inquisitors to believe that their gruesome actions actually saved Jews from their fate awaiting them in the afterlife; since the Jews were dying at the hands of God 's children, their eternal spirits would be altered by the knowledge and wisdom of Jesus ' followers, and they would therefore be freed from hell and rise to heaven. Since world history is peppered with these unfortunate events we must be shore to use the scripture properly to defend our stance that the Israelites conquest of Canaan is not a form of divine cruelty. The Christian Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition were a type of man-made cruelty interwoven with gross miss-interpretation of Biblical text, but these actions are often seen from atheist historians as a form of divine cruelty.

The background to the Edixt of Expulsion extended for more than 700 years prior to the Expulsion itself. The background begins with the conquering of the Iberian Peninsula by Berber Muslims arriving from North Africa in around 711-718, from the Visigoth kingdom, which had ruled the land prior to Muslim conquest. Almost immediately after the Muslim conquest, the Reconquista began, in which Christian people fought to retrieve the land of which the Muslims had conquered. The overall goal of the Reconquista was to retrieve territory on the Iberian Peninsula and convert or isolate people of different faiths such as the Jews and Muslims. (Source 5) The Reconquista continued from the beginning of the Muslim kingdom in the region, finally ending after the conquest of the city of Granada in 1492. (Source 6) Preceding the conquest of Granada, the newly wed Spanish monarchs King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, looking for religious uniformity, established the Inquisition, in which the Inquisitors demanded that all Monarchs ruling different regions of land punish all the Maranos (Jews who converted to Christianity yet continue to practice Judaism in secret) by confiscating their property. (Source 7) However, the Inquisition faced a challenge in their battle against heresy. Conversos, influenced by Jewish family in which

The word “inquisition” means to examine. Inquisitors would “examine” suspected Heretics, people whose ideas do not match those of the Roman Catholic Church, and punish them accordingly. This included torture and burning. The great inquisition movement that took place in Spain, or Hispania as it was called before Spain united. It was called The Spanish Inquisition. It took place for approximately five hundred years, from the late 15th century to mid 19th century. Many ironic elements were involved in the history of the Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition lasted longer than any other preceding it, and was the most cruel, bloodthirsty, and festive of all. The objective of the inquisition, in its early state, was to

European exploration of the New World beginning in the 15th century was able to occur due to improved technology, religious reasons, expansion, resources, and power. These factors allowed several voyages such as Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the Americas- resulting in the colonization and conquests of the Native Americans. Despite the wealth and power earned from these voyages, a decree issued by King Charles I of Spain, the New Laws of 1542, outlawed force labor of the Native Americans. The Spanish colonial settlers should acknowledge the New Laws of 1542 and implement these edicts. The massacres imposed by Hernán Cortes and Francisco Pizarro and the harshness of the encomienda system as well as Bartolomé de las Casas’ revelation of the

The Spanish Inquisition had an effect on more than just Europe. Its original goal was to find and expose those who practiced Judaism or Islam in secrecy during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. However, after Charles V, it also became associated with Protestant beliefs in Spain. Because of this, It spread not only across Spain, but also to other places across Europe. The Spanish Inquisition impacted Europe and other places religiously.

Kamen notes the ambiguous pressure on Jews, as despite the anti-semitism of contemporary Europe, the ‘Aragonese crown protected the Jews and conversos firmly, rejecting all attacks on them‘ and how any existing anti-Semetic legislation went unenforced (Kamen 15). Even after Ferdinand and Isabella initiated their reign in 1474, the monarchs were ‘never personally anti-Semitic’ and their intervention in domestic politics demonstrated an ‘impressive picture of the monarchy protecting its jews’ (Kamen, 16). In actuality, the inception of the Inquisition and the subsequent expulsion of the Jewish population was prompted by the actions of ‘Judaizers’, who were made up of conversos who had attempted to persuade newly assimilated Christians to return to their original Jewish faith. The efforts of these Judaizers concerned the crown and as a result the Inquisition was officially founded on September 27, 1480 as a means of regulating the the disruptive and disobedient conversos.

Catholicism was a prominent religion for over 1,000 years. Before the Reformation of the 1500s, anyone who was Christian belonged to the Catholic Church— any other form of Christianity was considered a denomination. To eliminate denominations, the Church turned to inquisition. The Papal Inquisition began in the late 12th century, when Pope Innocent III sent cardinals to Southern France, where heresy was popularizing. However, the official inauguration is considered 1231, when Pope Gregory IX sent Dominicans to Southern France, Germany, Austria, Lombardy, and Aragon to convict heretics. Heretics were granted the chance to admit their deceit and return to the Roman Catholic Church. If their heresy was sustained,