Spanish Inquisition: Facts & Related Content
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| Date | 1478 - 1834 |
|---|---|
| Location | Aragon • Granada • Sevilla • Spain • Valencia |
| Context | antisemitism • inquisition • Moor |
Did You Know?
- 32,000 individuals were executed under the Spanish Inquisition.
- The Spanish Inquisition spread to North Africa in the early 1500s as well as to Spanish colonies in the New World.
- Attendance at the trials and condemnations was as high as that at bullfights by the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Key People
Tommaso Campanella
Italian philosopher and poet
Bartolomé de Carranza
Spanish theologian
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Spanish cardinal
Sixtus IV
pope
Ferdinand VII
king of Spain
Tomás de Torquemada
Spanish inquisitor
John III
king of Portugal