What is the Inquisition? Sooner or later, any discussion of apologetics with Fundamentalists and other non-Catholics will address the Inquisition. It is a handy stick for Catholic-bashing, simply because most C
What happened to Rome during the Dark Ages? What happened to the eastern half of the Roman Empire? What is the difference between Ostrogoths and Visigoths? What was the significance of the Visigoths? What happened during the Spanish Inquisition?
What was the Spanish Inquisition and how did the Reconquista pave the way for it? Discover how these two events merged to change Spain's population forever. Related to this Question What was the punishment for stealing in the Middle Ages?
Pedro Claver, and also the site of his tomb –is worth a look inside for its lovely architecture. Plaza de Bolivar, the Cathedral and the Inquisition Palace Another candidate for Cartagena’s loveliest square, this leafy, gated space with its fountains sits at the center of the walled town....
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Free Essay: When the weather gets warm people start diving into swimming pools everywhere. There has been a lot of debate about which type of pool is better,...
Known as Sephardic Jews, the Jewish communities of the Iberian Peninsula thrived there since the eighth century, much of it under Moorish Muslim rule. The situation changed dramatically in the 15th century. First, the Spanish Inquisition outlawed Judaism, sending Spanish Jews fleeing to neighboring ...
Alan Garner’s Treacle Walker is a fantasy novella about a boy left alone in an unusual world. It was interesting and imaginative, a fast read that resembled a fairy tale, but it didn’t do much for me. I always like a book by Elizabeth Strout because of the writing and the gentleness...
What is the Spanish flu? What caused the end of the flu pandemic of 1918? What are the known documents for the 1518 dancing plague? What did the government do about the Black Death? What happened after the Black Death? What was the Spanish Inquisition?
The beginning of the European colonization of the Americas is debated, but the first Spanish expedition was that of Christopher Columbus in 1492. Europeans valued the Americas for its large amount of natural resources and new products discovered there such as cacao and pineapple. Other Europeans ...