Note: All links are arranged randomly and NOT in order of relevance or importance.

A. The Inquisition - Facts, Introduction & Overview: http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Student_Work/Trial96/ Inquisition: Medieval, Spanish and Roman ("..This page is the product of research conducted by the student members of the HIST333 Galileo in Context Inquisition group. Our mission is to provide information not presented in class lecture that will give other students a more thorough understanding of the Roman Inquisition and the Counter-Reformation. We present some material pertaining to the Medieval and Spanish Inquisitions for comparative purposes. We present information on people prosecuted by the Inquisition, descriptions of the procedures utilized by the Inquisition, and an account of the historical progression of the Inquisition.." - Detailed)

http://net2.netacc.net/~mafg/jtchick/inquistn.htm The Inquisition ("..The Albigensian wars were over, but the Albigensian Heresy still counted many secret adherents. For the detection and punishment of these heretics the Council of Toulouse (1229) established a special ecclesiastical tribunal known as the Inquisition (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry). But neither the bishops who met at Toulouse, nor Pope Innocent III, nor St. Dominic, as has sometimes been incorrectly stated, were the founders of the Inquisition. The name was perhaps new, but the thing itself was old. The Inquisition of 1229 was but one step in a process..")

http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/History/Inquisition.html The Inquisition ("..The Inquisition was a Roman Catholic tribunal for discovery and punishment of heresy, which was marked by the severity of questioning and punishment and lack of rights afforded to the accused. While many people associate the Inquisition with Spain and Portugal, it was actually instituted by Pope Innocent III (1198-1216) in Rome...")

http://www.tabula-rasa.info/DarkAges/Inquisition.html The Inquisition - Witch is Witch ("..In 1235 Anno Domini, Pope Gregory IX produced the documents that formalised the detection and prosecution of heretics as part of church procedure, throughout the dominions of the Christian church. This action built on a good century of growing concern, violent outbursts and partial legislation, most notably that of his predecessor Innocent III, who made penalties for the practice of heresy part of the church, or canon, law. What Gregory IX achieved, which gives him the dubious privilege of being considered the founder of the Inquisition, was a structure that could enforce those laws. The term inquisition means at it's simplest, inquiry..")

http://www.sundayschoolcourses.com/inq/inqcont.htm#Introduction A Brief History of the Inquisition (Yet detailed)

http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Things/inquisition.html Inquisition ("..The Inquisition was a permanent institution in the Catholic Church charged with the eradication of heresies. Unlike many other religions (e.g., Buddhism, Judaism), the Catholic Church has a hierarchical structure with a central bureaucracy. In the early years of the church, there were several competing sects that called themselves Christian. But after the Emperor Constantine I..")

http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Student_Work/Trial96/breu/timeline.html Short Inquisition Timeline

http://users.aol.com/rcchurch/inquisit.htm The Inquisition ("..The Inquisition can be defined broadly as the Roman Catholic Church's attempt to seek out and suppress heresy. In those regions where the Roman Catholic faith was predominant, the church worked with the secular powers to maintain the purity of the faith. Of course, there is no need for an Inquisition when there is no heresy to combat. So the development of the Inquisition was in direct response to the development of heresy.." - Detailed timeline)

http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/node52.html Galileo and the Inquisition

B. The Spanish Inquisition: <http://www.bibletopics.com/biblestudy/64.htm> The Spanish Inquisition ("..is known for the terror it caused the inhabitants of the Iberian peninsula. Although the Inquisition originally began to purify the nation from heretics, it came to have more materialistic, racial, and political motives, instead of just purification. The beginning of the Inquisition is generally credited to the reign of Ferdinand V and Isabella. In truth, it began before that time, and carried on long after Ferdinand and Isabella passed away. In order to better understand the Inquisition and the reasons behind it, it is necessary to first examine the events that led up to it..." - Good overview)

http://www.wordbridge.net/ccsp/review_hamilton.html New Light on the Spanish Inquisition ("..Inquisition! The very word stands as a monument to all that was wrong with historic Christendom. The legitimacy of the modern age is grounded partly in its - supposed - elimination of an Inquisition from society. Freedom of thought, speech, inquiry, conscience, religion is liberalism's leading credential...")

http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/book-sum/llorente.html A Critical History of the Inquisition of Spain (".."Although a tribunal has existed for more than three hundred years in Spain, invested with the power of prosecuting heretics, no correct history of its origin, establishment, and progress has been written. Writers of many countries have spoken of Inquisitions established in different parts of the world, where the Roman Catholic faith is the religion of state, and yet not one is worthy of confidence..." - Detailed)

http://www.trosch.org/for/inquisition.html Truth About The Spanish Inquisition (Concerning Jews)

<http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96/article2.html> The Spanish Inquisition: Fact Versus Fiction ("..Once more, suspension of disbelief is not so difficult, because it is a given that the officers of the Spanish Inquisition were so glutted with pride and blood-lust that they would not have stopped at deicide to gain their ends. Does not the very name of Torquemada summon up visions of ruthlessness and cruelty?..")

http://jmgainor.homestead.com/files/PU/Inq/si.htm Spanish Inquisition ("..The Spanish Inquisition, authorized in 1478 by 'pope' Sixtus IV for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, became harsher than the medieval Inquisition. It's primary target was those Jews and Muslims who had been coercively, and insincerely, 'converted' to the faith. However, it was the view of Llorente.." - Introduction/Overview)

http://orthodox.truepath.com/articles/catholicism/oppression/SpanishInquisition.htm The Spanish Inquisition (Article)

http://www.holocaustrevealed.org/_domain/holocaustrevealed.org/Inquisitions/Spanish_Inquisition.htm The Spanish Inquisition ("..The Spanish Inquisition was directed at ridding the country of the so-called Judaising Christians. These were termed Marranos (or pigs). From the terms of the Inquisition and the comments we know that they not only kept the Sabbath but that they denied the Trinity, kept the Holy Days including Atonement and also kept the food laws. The Edict of the Faith shows the means by which the heretics could be identified. Jews and Muslims were also caught up in this persecution but the persecution was not directed at them but at the Church of God which they also called Sabbatati, Insabbatati or Insabathi..." - Detailed)

http://biblia.com/christianity/spanish.htm The Spanish Inquisition (Detailed)

http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/history/spanishinquisition.html Letters on the Spanish Inquisition (1815)

http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/num25.htm Dave Hunt and the Spanish Inquisition (Dave Hunt's Wild Exaggerations of the Inquisition. Book review. Detailed, with statistics)

C. Related Inquisition Issues: http://www.wm.edu/SO/monitor/fall99/paper6.htm The Adaptation of the Inquisition to Spanish America ("..The transferal of Spanish peninsular bureaucracy was arguably the most important component of Spain’s colonization of its Latin American colonies during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Letrados, the educated lawyers, viceroys and government officials of all sorts immediately followed the triumphs of the explorers and conquistadors, establishing state institutions and ensuring the New World’s close connection with the crown in Spain. In addition to these bureaucrats, members of both the regular and secular clergy.." - Detailed)

http://www.tabula-rasa.info/DarkAges/Timeline1.html The Horror Timeline - Part 1: Pre-20th Century

http://www.nd.edu/~ndlibs/aboutlib/news/access/oldaccess/acces972/jacob.htm Porrua Inquisition Collection ("..diversity of materials representing the Spanish Inquisition..")

D. Related Link-Mail Letter: http://www.link-mal.com/42300.html History & Facts about Witches and Witch Hunts in Europe; US/Salem (67 Links!)

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