Impact of Inquisition

Question 1

how did informers remained protected?

Answer 1

• remained anonymous

- even if accusations wrong, action rarely taken against accuser

Question 2

what happened once arrested by IQ?

Answer 2

arrested for long periods of time and not told what they had done wrong

Question 3

by 1500, how many conversos were burnt by IQ?

Answer 3

2000

Question 4

in 1500, what happened in Cordoba?

Answer 4

130 burned in one day

Question 5

how many people were burnt in the first 8yrs of the IQ?

Answer 5

700

Question 6

give some examples that you could be brought before the courts for?

Answer 6

sex outside of marriage, misconduct, witchcraft and blasphemy

Question 7

how did persecution vary?

Answer 7

across regions and fell over time

Question 8

in Valencia, how did persecution fall over time?

Answer 8

80% of victims before 1580 issued before 1530

Question 9

under Charles, who were most victims of IQ?

Answer 9

old Christians

Question 10

how did the persecution of conversos fall under Charles?

Answer 10

1516-29 = 77% conversos

by 1556 = 2% conversos

Question 11

in the 16th C, how many victims were burned?

Answer 11

3 burned/year = 2% of victims

Question 12

what % of cases was torture used in?

Answer 12

10%

Question 13

what % of people were acquitted?

Answer 13

2%

Question 14

how were those acquitted stil adversely affected?

Answer 14

never lost social stigma of having been accused

Question 15

in Castile, what did the cortes often complain about the IQ?

Answer 15

intrusive conduct of inquisitors

Question 16

how did bishops dislike IQ?

Answer 16

resented its interference in ecclesiastical matters

Question 17

how was IQ hated in rural regions?

Answer 17

Network of familiars hated

Question 18

In Aragon what did the cortes complain about? what did it lead to?

Answer 18

complaints by cortes of Monzon that tribunals were interfering in criminal and civil cases led to publication in 1568 of a Concordia

Question 19

what was the 1568 Concordia?

Answer 19

regulated the future conduct of Valencian IQ

Question 20

according to anti-IQ historians, what kind of tool was the IQ?

Answer 20

an instrument of terror dieting social and political control on an uneducated and backward society

Question 21

what stat shows popularity of IQ?

Answer 21

88% of cuenca denunciations 1561-1631 originated from laity

Question 22

how did success/fear of IQ vary?

Answer 22

varied from tribunal to tribunal

Question 23

where did IQ have little impact?

Answer 23

galicia

Question 24

where was there a great improvement in understanding?

Answer 24

in toledo in 1590s

Question 25

how many inquisitors for whole of Spain?

Answer 25

only 45 inquisitors for whole of Spain with 8m people

Question 26

did IQ reach into everyday lives?

Answer 26

no

Question 27

what did prisoners often ask?

Answer 27

to be transferred to IQ jails as conditions were better

Question 28

how often was torture used?

Answer 28

10% of cases

Question 29

how many cases under Philip and how many burned?

Answer 29

40,000 cases but less than 250 burned at stake

Question 30

under Philip, how many executions were there?

Answer 30

executions totalled less than 1% of those arrested

Question 31

what did most IQ cases deal with?

Answer 31

low level accusations

Question 32

give some examples of the low level things brought before the IQ?

Answer 32

blasphemy, swearing and sex out of marriage

Question 33

what was the main role of the IQ? (according to Kamen)

Answer 33

reconversion of old christians

Question 34

between 1540-1614, what % of those accused were protestants?

Answer 34

7% - mainly foreigners

Question 35

why was there an impressive rise in literacy in some areas?

Answer 35

uneducated peasants learned lords prayer to avoid falling foul of IQ

Question 36

what % of victims of IQ in Granada 1563-1569 were Moriscos?

Answer 36

88%

Question 37

what % of victims of IQ in Granada 1590s were Moriscos?

Answer 37

less than 10%

Question 38

why did Valencia and seville IQ go into overdrive?

Answer 38

following expulsion in 1570s and 1580s as Moriscos flooded in

Question 39

what does J.H. Elliott argue about the impact of IQ censorship?

Answer 39

- had a negative impact of intellectual development of Spain | - led to cultural isolation of Spain from rest of Europe as freedom speech stifled

Question 40

what affect did the Carranza affair have?

Answer 40

made Spaniards think twice about publishing

Question 41

when did IQ introduce index of banned books? what did it include?

Answer 41

- August 1559 - 670 books - inc. 14 versions of bible

Question 42

what were Spanish students banned from doing in nov 1559?

Answer 42

studying at foreign unis

Question 43

what does Kamen argue about the impact of IQ censorship?

Answer 43

Spaniards still had access tow ride range of material and Spanish culture could develop

Question 44

how were Spaniards still exposed to new ideas?

Answer 44

went to new world and on political missions to Europe

Question 45

who was Benito Boyer?

Answer 45

bookseller in Medinal del Campo

Question 46

what did Benito Boyer have in his inventory in 1591?

Answer 46

2/3 of 26,000 books had come from France, Netherlands or Italy