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Inquisition

An inquisition was a Catholic judicial procedure in which ecclesiastical judges could initiate, investigate and try cases in their jurisdiction. Popularly, the Inquisition became the name for various medieval and Reformation-era state-organized tribunals whose aim was to combat heresy, apostasy, blasphemy, witchcraft, and customs considered to be…

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Medieval Inquisitions

Early modern European history

Manuals for Inquisitors

Inquisition Proceedings

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Ending of the Inquisition in the 19th and 20th centuries

Current position of the Catholic Church

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related to Bibliography · 226
Inquisition → Adler, Albigensian Crusade, Alfred, America, Anatomy, Antonio Vieira, Antti, António, António José, April, Auto, Baião, Balk, Bantam Press, Barnes, Bernard Gui, Bible, Bridge-Logos, Brill, Brothers
related to Current position of the Catholic Church · 42
Inquisition → Arbués, Bologna, Capistrano, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Catholic, Catholic Church, Christian, Christians, Church, Directorium, Edgardo Mortara, Even, Gospel, Great Jubilee, Inquisitor, Jacques Fournier, Jewish, Jews, John, John Paul II
related to Ending of the Inquisition in the 19th and 20th centuries · 35
Inquisition → Americas, By, Catalan, Congregation, Constituent Courts, Deism, Dicastery, Doctrine, Faith, Gaietà Ripoll, General Extraordinary, Hispanic America, Holy Office, In, In Italy, In Portugal, In Spain, It, Liberal Revolution, Mortara
related to Manuals for Inquisitors · 35
Inquisition → Ad Extirpanda, Bernardo Gui, Bible, Cardinal, Compilación, Compilation, Diego, Directorium Inquisitorum, Eymerich's Directorium Inquisitorum, Francisco Peña, Heinrich Kramer, Henrique, Holy Inquisition, Holy Office, In, In Portugal, Later, Malleus Maleficarum, Marquis, Nicholas Eymerich
related to Spanish Inquisition · 35
Inquisition → Alhambra Decree, All Muslims, Aragon, Canary Islands, Castile, Catholics, Central, Christian, Crypto-Jews, Grand Inquisitor, Holy See, In, Islam, It, Jews, Judaism, King Ferdinand II, Kingdom, Marranos, Moors
related to Clergy opposition · 34
Inquisition → Archbishop, Avignon, Bernard Délicieux, Bernard Gui, Catholics, Cisneros' Latin, Dominicans, During French Inquisition, Délicieux, Erasmus, Far, Fonseca, Fragile, Franciscan, Franciscan Spirituals, He, Ignatius, In, In Spain, Inquisitiors
related to Roman Inquisition · 33
Inquisition → As, Bartholomew's Day, Catholic, Catholic Counter-Reformation, Church, Congregation, Europe, Following, France, French, French Wars, Galileo Galilei, Holy Office, In, Inquisitions, It, Penances, Pope Paul III, Protestant, Protestant Reformation
related to Medieval Inquisitions · 32
Inquisition → Ad, After, Alexander IV's, Ancient Roman, By, Castile, Cathar, Cathars, Christianity, Dominican Order, England, Episcopal Inquisitions, Europe, France, Franciscan Order, Grand Inquisitions, Grand Inquisitor, Historians, In, Italy
related to Inquisition in Medieval Spain · 31
Inquisition → After, Aragon, Archdeacon, Barcelona, Castile, Catholic Church, Catholics, Christian, Córdoba, Ferrand Martínez, Forced, Iberia, In, Islamic, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Legal, León, Middle Ages
related to Portuguese Inquisition · 31
Inquisition → According, At, Brazil, Cape Verde, Catholicism, Christianity, Coimbra, Crown, Documentation, General Inquisitor, Goa, Grande Inquisidor, Henry Charles Lea, In, Jewish New Christians, Jews, King João III, Lisbon, Manuel, Originally

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