The truth of the Inquisition was that their realm of inquiry was limited to Christians. The problem in Spain was that, because of the persecution of the Jews (having already run off the Moors), many had "converted" to Christianity as a way to hide their religious beliefs thus opening themselves up to being questioned.
If a man was brought before the inquisition for matters of heresy and said, "but I'm Jewish" they'd pretty much say "thank you and good night." If they said "I'm Christian." then they'd get questioned (but not tortured)
See, this is why it was a whole lecture series.
Suffice it to say, there wasn't any implication that it was "not bad"
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Date: 2005-05-25 11:43 pm (UTC)The truth of the Inquisition was that their realm of inquiry was limited to Christians. The problem in Spain was that, because of the persecution of the Jews (having already run off the Moors), many had "converted" to Christianity as a way to hide their religious beliefs thus opening themselves up to being questioned.
If a man was brought before the inquisition for matters of heresy and said, "but I'm Jewish" they'd pretty much say "thank you and good night." If they said "I'm Christian." then they'd get questioned (but not tortured)
See, this is why it was a whole lecture series.
Suffice it to say, there wasn't any implication that it was "not bad"