9/6 500 years of the spanish inquisition

Question 1

1st auto de fe

Answer 1

feb 6th 1481, seville

Question 2

holy office

Answer 2

est by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1480

Question 3

purpose of holy office

Answer 3

root out non catholic beliefs and practices from the population of spain

Question 4

where was the tribunal (holy office) found?

Answer 4

all throughout spain and parts of america

Question 5

power of tribunal

Answer 5

effective even in areas where king’s word had little value

Question 6

Archbishop of Toledo

Answer 6

arrested and condemned in 16th cent, proof of tribunal power

Question 7

kings chief minister thoughts on tribunal

Answer 7

believes that it strikes down everything that is new and suggests emancipation or liberty

Question 8

inquisition abolishment

Answer 8

1834

Question 9

what ppl thought about inquisiton

Answer 9

english: enemy of liberty
italian: instrument of terror
antifa: viewed inquisitors as ruthless fanatical police

Question 10

Henry Charles Lea

Answer 10

wrote 4 volumes to clear up misunderstandings abt the inquisition but literally no one cared

Question 11

papal bull

Answer 11

public decree published by pope

Question 12

founding of holy office

Answer 12

papal bull in 1478

Question 13

control of holy office

Answer 13

not the pope, after 16th cent the pope had no link with it`

Question 14

dependence on crown

Answer 14

very little link to religion, fully reliant on spanish crown– considered more secular than ecclesiastical

Question 15

Antonio Perez 1591

Answer 15

example of king ferdinand using the inquisition to interfere in things that he didn’t have power over as king

Question 16

conversos

Answer 16

christians of jewish origin who were still practicing old religion

Question 17

victims of inquisition

Answer 17

1559-1560: heresy
1525: end of harvest of conversos
thereafter the victims of the inquisition weren’t heretics or conversos

Question 18

Portugal imiigrants

Answer 18

became targets of inquisition bc they were conversos during 17th century

Question 19

torture

Answer 19

only 12 of the 2,354 people arrested by inquisition between 1478-1530 were tortured

Question 20

burning at the stake

Answer 20

1480s: very common, as many as 1/3 of all arrested were burned at the stake

Question 21

execution rate 1560-1700

Answer 21

less than 1 percent

Question 22

groups of inquisition victims

Answer 22

over 1/2 were not protestant (heretics) or jews (conversos practicing old faith)