Spanish Inquisition

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Catholic institution inquisition religious tribunal

The Spanish Inquisition was a powerful Catholic institution established in late 15th-century Spain to enforce religious orthodoxy, often through persecution, trials, and expulsions of Jews, Muslims, and other perceived heretics.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Spanish Inquisition	2
Spanish Inquisition persecutions	1
establishment of the Spanish Inquisition	1

Statements (82)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic institution ⓘ inquisition ⓘ religious tribunal ⓘ
abolished	1834 ⓘ
abolishedBy	Regent Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies ⓘ
aim	combat heresy ⓘ enforce Catholic religious orthodoxy ⓘ maintain religious unity ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Kingdom of Naples ⓘ Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Spanish Netherlands Spanish colonies in the Americas ⓘ
authorizedBy	Pope Sixtus IV ⓘ
controlledBy	Spanish monarchy ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ Castile ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Castile Spain ⓘ
differentFrom	Portuguese Inquisition ⓘ Inquisition ⓘ surface form: Roman Inquisition
endTime	1834 ⓘ
established	1478 ⓘ
firstGrandInquisitor	Grand Inquisitor ⓘ surface form: Tomás de Torquemada
foundedBy	Catholic Monarchs ⓘ Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ Isabella I of Castile ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Madrid ⓘ Seville, Spain ⓘ surface form: Seville
historicalImpact	contributed to persecution and expulsion of Jews and Muslims from Spain ⓘ contributed to religious homogenization in Spain ⓘ influenced censorship and control of ideas in Spain ⓘ
jurisdiction	Crown of Aragon ⓘ Crown of Castile ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
leaderTitle	Grand Inquisitor ⓘ
legalBasis	papal bull Exigit sincerae devotionis affectus ⓘ
locationOfEvent	Barcelona ⓘ Granada ⓘ Lima ⓘ Mexico City ⓘ Seville, Spain ⓘ surface form: Seville Toledo ⓘ Valencia ⓘ
notableEvent	expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 ⓘ expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain in 1609 ⓘ
notableGrandInquisitor	Fernando de Valdés ⓘ Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ⓘ Grand Inquisitor ⓘ surface form: Tomás de Torquemada
notablePractice	auto-da-fé ⓘ
officialLanguage	Latin ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
opposedBy	Enlightenment thinkers ⓘ liberal reformers in Spain ⓘ
oversightBody	Supreme Council of the Inquisition ⓘ
parentOrganization	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
partOf	early modern Catholic Reformation context ⓘ
persecutedGroup	Freemasons ⓘ Jews ⓘ Moriscos ⓘ Muslims ⓘ Protestants ⓘ alleged witches ⓘ alumbrados ⓘ bigamists ⓘ blasphemers ⓘ conversos ⓘ crypto-Jews ⓘ homosexuals ⓘ
religion	Catholicism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
significantPeriod	16th century ⓘ early modern period ⓘ late 15th century ⓘ
startTime	1478 ⓘ
usedProcedure	inquisitorial trial ⓘ secret testimony ⓘ torture ⓘ
usedPunishment	burning at the stake ⓘ confiscation of property ⓘ execution ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ public penance ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Expulsion of 1492 → associatedWith → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

papal bull Exigit sincerae devotionis affectus → authorized → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

subject surface form: Exigit sincerae devotionis affectus

Sephardi Jews → experiencedEvent → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

Reconquista → followedBy → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

Inquisition → hadComponent → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

Catholic Monarchy → hasKeyEvent → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Inquisition persecutions

Monty Python's Flying Circus season 2 → hasNotableSketch → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Spanish Inquisition

Monty Python's Flying Circus → notableSketch → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Spanish Inquisition

alumbrados → opposedBy → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

Fernando de Valdés → partOf → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

Grand Inquisitor → partOf → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

Supreme Council of the Inquisition → partOf → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

Captain from Castile → setInPeriod → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

The Pit and the Pendulum → settingPeriod → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

Catholic Monarchs → significantEvent → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

this entity surface form: establishment of the Spanish Inquisition

Moriscos → subjectTo → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

papal bull Exigit sincerae devotionis affectus → topic → Spanish Inquisition ⓘ

subject surface form: Exigit sincerae devotionis affectus