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The creation of the Spanish Inquisition was consistent with the most important political philosophers of the Florentine School [dubious – discuss], with whom the kings were known to have contact (Guicciardini, Pico della Mirandola, Machiavelli, Segni, Pitti, Nardi, Varchi, etc.) Both Guicciardini and Machiavelli defended the importance of ...
Gustav Henningsen and Jaime Contreras studied the records of the Spanish Inquisition, which list 44,674 cases of which 826 resulted in executions in person and 778 in effigy (i.e. a straw dummy was burned in place of the person). [22] William Monter estimated there were 1000 executions in Spain between 1530–1630 and 250 between 1630 and 1730 ...
The Spanish Inquisition was founded. 1479: War of the Castilian Succession: The war ended. 20 January: The reign of Ferdinand began, marking the foundation of the Kingdom of Spain. 4 September: By the Treaty of Alcáçovas, Portugal recognized Spanish control of the Canary Islands. 1492: 12 October: Spanish conquerors discover (encounter) America
The Spanish Inquisition expanded to the Indies in 1565 and was in place by 1570 in Lima and Mexico City. It drew many colonial Spaniards into torture chambers. Native Americans were exempt. Sir Francis Drake's voyage, 1585–86. The crown expanded its global claims and defended existing ones in the Indies.
The Catholic Monarchs decided to introduce the Inquisition to Castile and requested the Pope's assent. On 1 November 1478, Pope Sixtus IV published the papal bull Exigit Sinceras Devotionis Affectus, by which the Inquisition was established in the Kingdom of Castile; it was later extended to all of Spain. The bull gave the monarchs exclusive ...
The Spanish Inquisition, regarding its procedures as secret, never disputed Montanus. In a public relations war of the press the Spanish Inquisition forfeited. [55] For reasons of history England and France were particularly receptive to Montanus. [56] English monarchs alternated between persecuting Catholics and persecuting Protestants.
During a stay of the Catholic Monarchs in Seville (1477), Alonso de Ojeda, the Prior of the Dominicans of Seville and a loyal advisor to Queen Isabella, urged action against the conversos and the founding of the Spanish Inquisition. [68] [69] The Queen agreed and the Holy Office of the Inquisition was established in 1478.
Over a 350-year period, this Spanish Inquisition executed between 3,000 and 4,000 people, [3] representing around two percent of those accused. [4] The inquisition played a major role in the final expulsion of Islam from the kingdoms of Sicily and Spain. [5] In 1482, Pope Sixtus IV condemned its excesses but Ferdinand ignored his protests. [6]