Spain

Question 1

what was the nature of witch beliefs in spain

Answer 1

Belief in women such as sorceress Celestina who engaged in love magic, using children’s flesh to make their spell but didn’t have belief in the sabbat

Question 2

why did Spain lack beliefs in diabolic witch craft

Answer 2

Reason for absence could have something to do with Nicholas Eymeric’s Directorium 1376 – inquisitorial manual described withcraft as a form of heresy but nothing about the sabbat

Question 3

where can the evidence of centralisation be illustrated

Answer 3

The effect of this was shown in Barcelona 1530s when supreme council put an end to hunts by establishing its right to confirm all setences

Question 4

was Spain centralised or decentralised

Answer 4

In the 16th century the inquisitors lost autonomy. The most apparent was in 1478 where a new national
institution under the king was establishment in 1478
This was the supreme council of Madrid which by 1550 the supreme council had established its superiority over all local tribunals.

Question 5

was torture used

Answer 5

Torture was rarely employed and only used when here was strong circumstantial evidence but not proof. In Basque trials only 2 of the accused were torture
Torture sometimes used to change sentence from death to banishment

Question 6

Spains judicial control

Answer 6

Strict adherence of the inquisition in each country to fairly strict procedural rules
Provisions made for legal counsel – gave the defendant a copy of the charges and evidence against them, little weight to the testimony of a suspected with against