Supreme Council of the Inquisition

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central administrative body governmental body inquisitorial council

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Council of the Supreme and General Inquisition 2
Consejo Supremo de la Inquisición 1
Supreme Council of the Inquisition canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf central administrative body ⓘ
governmental body ⓘ
inquisitorial council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Supreme Council of the Inquisition ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Grand Inquisitor ⓘ
surface form: inquisitor general
hasPurpose control of religious dissent ⓘ
defense of Catholic orthodoxy ⓘ
suppression of heresy ⓘ
headedBy Grand Inquisitor ⓘ
surface form: 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 Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: 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 Royal Council of Castile ⓘ
surface form: Council of Castile

Spanish monarchy ⓘ
timePeriod Early modern period ⓘ
uses inquisitorial procedures ⓘ
secret trials ⓘ
torture as a method of interrogation ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Spanish Inquisition → oversightBody → Supreme Council of the Inquisition ⓘ
Supreme Council of the Inquisition → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Council of the Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Consejo Supremo de la Inquisición
Grand Inquisitor → memberOf → Supreme Council of the Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of the Supreme and General Inquisition
Suprema → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Council of the Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of the Supreme and General Inquisition
Index of Prohibited Books (Spanish Inquisition) → authority → Supreme Council of the Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Council of the Spanish Inquisition