Like me, David Stassen remembers watchingHistory of the World, Part Ias a kid – only not in the theater, but at home on something miraculous called a VHS tape. He admits that maybe too much of his knowledge of
Mel Brooksdubbed his 1981 comedyHistory of the World: Part I.The anthology film poked fun at various periods of human history, including the earliest days of the caveman to the Roman Empire to the Spanish Inquisition to the French Revolution. ThePart Iof the title was a joke; Brooks didn’...
The Spanish Inquisition, a period of religious persecution and social control that lasted for over three centuries, stands as one of the most controversial institutions in European history. Established in 1478 byCatholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, the Inquisition aimed to maintain Catholic orthodoxy...
The Spanish Inquisition: a historyThe first two inquisitors for the diocese of Seville were appointed on 27 September 1480.
In 1478, Pope Sixtus IV issued a decree authorizing the Catholic monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, to root out heresy in the Spanish kingdoms. The inquisition quickly turned its attention to ridding the region of people who were not part of the Catholic...
Other articles where history of Spain is discussed: Spain: Pre-Roman Spain: Human fossils in Spain belong to modern humans (Homo sapiens), the Neanderthals (H. neanderthalensis), and even earlier members of the human lineage, possibly H. erectus or H.
The Inquisition was a powerful office within the Catholic Church which rooted out and punished heresy throughout Europe and the Americas for hundreds of years.
THE DUKE OF ALBA Where The Medieval Inquisition took place mainly in northern Italy and southern France. The Spanish Inquisition and the Roman Inquisition were for the most part set in Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy. Then it spread to their colonies. ...
InSpice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World, Roger Crowley explains how Spain and Portugal turned up the heat in the age of imperialism. How Mexico Fought Franco Just two countries supported the Republic during the Spanish Civil War: the Soviet Union and Mexico. While Soviet...
Skip to main content Boundless World History The Rise of Nation-States Search for: Spain and CatholicismThe ReconquistaThe Reconquista is a period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula dominated by almost constant warfare between Muslims and Christians and followed by the Spanish Inquisition....