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Article: Inquisition, Spanish
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INQUISITION, SPANISH
INQUISITION, SPANISH.
Since its inception the Spanish Inquisition has been controversial. In 1478 Ferdinand of Arag
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n (ruled 1471
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1504) and Isabella of Castile (ruled 1474
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1504) requested papal permission to establish the religious tribunals in Castile. Unlike the medieval papal Inquisition, the Spanish Inquisition was a hybrid religious-secular institution under the authority of the crown, which appointed its officials and supervised its operation. The tribunals employed judicial procedures that were both contrary and offensive to existing Castilian legal practice. The establishment of the Spanish Inquisition in the kingdom of Arag
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n, ...