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Inquisitio
n
1478-1834
Inquisition Definition
Inspection
Censor Literature Index of Prohibited
Books
Immunity from other Jurisdictions
Tax Exemption
No Quartering of Troops
Reasons for Censorship
during the inquisition
Trying to stop the spread of
ideas the Catholic Church
deemed heretical
Indexes Lists of
heretical books (published
in 1551, 1559, 1583, 1612,
1632, and 1640)
List of banned books of all
kinds, but focused on
religious texts and
vernacular translations of
the Bible
Prohibitions of the texts
actually hindered the
spread of Spanish culture
throughout Europe
The Trials