Supreme Council of the Inquisition

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The Supreme Council of the Inquisition was the central governing body that directed and coordinated the activities of the Spanish Inquisition across its various tribunals.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf central administrative body
governmental body
inquisitorial council
alsoKnownAs Consejo Supremo de la Inquisición
Suprema
apexOf hierarchy of the Spanish Inquisition
appliesToJurisdiction Crown of Aragon
Crown of Castile
Spanish Empire
Spanish colonies in the Americas
Spanish territories in Italy
Spanish territories in the Low Countries
appointedBy King of Spain
country Spain
fieldOfWork censorship
heresy investigation
judicial administration
religious persecution
hasAuthorityOver doctrinal orthodoxy cases
inquisitorial procedure
local inquisitors
hasMember consultor
councillor
inquisitor general
hasPurpose control of religious dissent
defense of Catholic orthodoxy
suppression of heresy
headedBy Grand Inquisitor of Spain
language Latin
Spanish
location Madrid
Spain
oversees inquisitorial tribunals in Spain
inquisitorial tribunals in Spanish colonies
partOf Spanish Inquisition
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousAffiliation Catholic Church
role censorship of books
central governing body of the Spanish Inquisition
coordination of inquisitorial tribunals
formulation of inquisitorial policy
oversight of heresy prosecutions
review of sentences and appeals
supervision of local inquisitors
subordinateTo Council of Castile
Spanish monarchy
timePeriod Early modern period
uses inquisitorial procedures
secret trials
torture as a method of interrogation

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Supreme Council of the Inquisition ("Consejo Supremo de la Inquisición")
alsoKnownAs
Grand Inquisitor ("Council of the Supreme and General Inquisition")
memberOf
Spanish Inquisition
oversightBody

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