Spanish Inquisition Motivation

The motivation behind the establishment of the Spanish Inquisition is definitely questionable. The modern Catholic Church and non-Catholics alike even regard it as an urban legend due to the shaky and distorted religious foundation of the inquisition. It particularly targeted converted Jews who were accused of practicing Judaism and were ‘coincidently’ rich or powerful in some aspect. It was used as a repressive tool to gain control of the Spanish Crown and local political authorities. These motives were disguised as a justifiable desire for religious unity in the country by terminating the heretics. Due to the eccentric nature of this event, it was found to be untrue

The Spanish Inquisition is typically defined as the tribunal under the election

This was done by cackling monks therefor it was justified by religion one way or another. At this point in time, torture was not uncommon in the judicial systems of Western Europe and was usually used to gain information. In the Spanish Inquisition, this was no different. If information was to be gained from and individual they could not simply be captured and tortured as all trials were public. They individual thus had to be accused of heresy so that the public would not question it on account that it was a decision of the church. One enough ‘evidence’ was gathered proving the individual guilty, they could be arrested and tortured. The church and the crown could therefore gain information from anyone they suspected and trials became less public because of the trust in the religious justification that the public believed in. The crown and the church took advantage of the faith of the public and used religion to gain information so that they could grow in political

These were established to investigate cases of suspected heresy. The Spanish Inquisition, supposing to have been a religion based of religious motives was now starting to look like a political structure within the country. Auto de fes were held as well. This was a public confession of faith usually done is a town square. This allowed the church more political power as the public shame and embarrassment gave the church a sense of power as they evoked fear into to people, sowing that they are not a force to be challenged. This is strange as the church is supposed to be a sanctuary but is now rather seen as a judicial force that has the power to shame you or even kill you. The church also wasn’t working alone but also with the Spanish crown. The familiars in each district did not only allow the church absolute control but the monarch as well as activities of any sort could be monitored across the entire country without the impression that the people are being spied on unnecessarily. The Spanish citizens did not see this as an invasion as they thought that their church was simply trying to keep religious purity and unity within the