HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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The person promised service as a monk.
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The person’s fitness to join a crusade was tested.
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The person’s beliefs were investigated
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The person agreed to give up all worldly goods.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Those who confessed received a punishment ranging from a pilgrimage to a whipping. Those accused of heresy were forced to testify. If the heretic did not confess, torture and execution were inescapable. Heretics weren’t allowed to face accusers, received no counsel and were often victims of false accusations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Inquisitors hunted down people accused of witchcraft, scholars who read banned books, and Jews who had converted to Catholicism but still secretly practiced Judaism. In Italy, the Inquisition often went after nationalist movements in regions like Lombardy in the north, Venice, or Sicily.
Detailed explanation-3: -If the accused still refused to abjure and confess, the Inquisitor could use torture. Torture was afflicted upon the accused until such time as he signified a readiness to confess his sin.
Detailed explanation-4: -Thousands were burned at the stake under Torquemada, the most notorious of the grand inquisitors, and tens of thousands were killed during the forced expulsion of Moriscos (Spanish Muslims who had been baptized as Christians) which began in 1609.
Detailed explanation-5: -How did the Inquisition treat the people brought before it? People brought before the Inquisition were urged to confess their heresy and to ask forgiveness. When they confessed, the Inquisition punished them and then allowed them to return to the Church.