Inquisition - Wikipedia An inquisition was a Catholic judicial procedure in which ecclesiastical judges could initiate, investigate and try cases in their jurisdiction
Inquisition | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica Inquisition, a judicial procedure and later an institution that was established by the papacy and, sometimes, by secular governments to combat heresy The name was applied to commissions in the 13th century and subsequently to similar structures in early modern Europe
INQUISITION Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster While an inquiry can be almost any search for truth, the related word inquisition suggests a long, thorough investigation that involves extensive and harsh questioning
Spanish Inquisition - Wikipedia The inquisition expanded to other domains under the Spanish Crown, including Southern Italy and the Americas, while also targeting those accused of alumbradismo, Protestantism, witchcraft, blasphemy, bigamy, sodomy, and Freemasonry
Inquisition - Spanish, Roman Torture | HISTORY 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
Spanish Inquisition | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica Spanish Inquisition (1478–1834), judicial institution ostensibly established to combat heresy in Spain In practice, the Spanish Inquisition served to consolidate power in the monarchy of the newly unified Spanish kingdom, but it achieved that end through infamously brutal methods