00:00 The Spanish Inquisition was a controversial and bloody period in history that was used by the church to consolidate power and root out those who were deemed not pious enough.

05:00 The Spanish Inquisition was part of a larger Inquisition court system that aimed to root out heretics and maintain the power of the Catholic Church, with a broad definition of heresy that included anything from different faiths to superstitions.

10:07 The Spanish Inquisition aimed to root out heretics and maintain the power of the Catholic Church, targeting not only Jews and Muslims, but also different sects of Christianity and even fellow Christians who were considered heretics.

14:53 The Spanish Inquisition targeted not only Jews and Muslims, but also different sects of Christianity and even fellow Christians who were considered heretics, and it extended to the new world and other places where Spain set up shop.

19:24 During the Spanish Inquisition, individuals were often not informed of their charges, had to testify on their own behalf, and rarely had anyone come to their defense, leading to a system where fellow heretics could rat out others for leniency.

23:47 During the Spanish Inquisition, individuals were often forced to denounce other heretics in order to escape torture, and parish priests would sometimes advise their congregations to keep quiet when the inquisition arrived in their town; the peasants who were interrogated were often uneducated and confused by leading questions, and if they didn't confess, they would be imprisoned until they did, and if they died in prison, their bones would be dug up and cremated as an insult.

28:34 During the Spanish Inquisition, there were religious rituals called "autos de fe" where the accused and convicted would walk around town in a procession, but these ceremonies did not end in execution.

33:01 The Spanish Inquisition continued until the 19th century, with the last one occurring in 1834, and there are still remnants of the Inquisition within the Catholic Church today.

37:49 The Spanish Inquisition was approved by the Pope after pressure from the Spanish monarchy, and even though it was later regretted, it remains a controversial and complex part of history.

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