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Inquisition

Religious procedure in the ancient régime to persecute those not aligned with Catholic teachings of the Catholic Church

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  • A distressed young woman protests her innocence and prays before the judge and the counsel of the Spanish inquisition. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1839, after S.J.E. Jones.
  • An auto-da-fé in Spain: the accused are led in procession by the Inquisitors to their trial. Engraving, 1749.
  • An auto-da-fé of the Spanish Inquisition: the burning of heretics in a market place. Wood engraving by H.D. Linton after Bocourt after T. Robert-Fleury.
  • The torture of William Lithgow in the dungeons of the Inquisition in Malaga in 1620. Line engraving with etching by W. Raddon after Craig.
  • An auto-da-fé in Spain: the accused are led in procession by the Inquisitors to their trial. Engraving, 1749.

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