WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Inquisition was a powerful office set up within the Catholic Church to root out and punish heresy throughout Europe and the Americas. Beginning in the 12th century and continuing for hundreds of years, the Inquisition is infamous for the severity of its tortures and its persecution of Jews and Muslims.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition (Spanish: Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición), commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition (Spanish: Inquisición española), was established in 1478 by the Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Inquisition spread into other parts of Europe and the Americas. Mandatory conversion to Roman Catholicism and expulsion from Spain’s territories of people from other religious traditions resulted in a more homogenous Spanish culture. The power of the Spanish monarchy increased.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Inquisition’s repression of Jews, Muslims and Protestants was one of the most grotesque and shameful epochs in Roman Catholic history, and perhaps in the history of any religion.