HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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a series of holy wars
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a civil service
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a Church court that tried heretics
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a wealthy group of monks
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Inquisition was originally intended primarily to identify heretics among those who converted from Judaism and Islam to Catholicism.
Detailed explanation-2: -Torture was used only to get a confession and wasn’t meant to actually punish the accused heretic for his crimes. Some inquisitors used starvation, forced the accused to consume and hold vast quantities of water or other fluids, or heaped burning coals on parts of their body.
Detailed explanation-3: -Inquisition was an institution of the Catholic Church to deal with heresies beliefs in opposition to the Catholic faith. Those found guilty and who recanted were awarded milder punishments and imprisonment. Those who refused to recant were burnt at the stake.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was a special court set up by the Catholic Church to stop the spread of the Protestant faith especially in Spain, Portugal and Italy. The leaders of the Catholic Church considered all Protestants to be heretics so in these countries they were put on trial for their religious beliefs.