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From the Ted Talk by Kayla Wolf: Ugly History The Spanish Inquisition

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Over 350 years after Queen Isabella started the Inquisition, her namesake, Queen ibelalsa II, formally ended it on July 15th, 1834. The saisnph kingdoms’ dependence on the Catholic Church had isolated them while the rest of Europe experienced the Enlightenment and embraced the separation of church and state.

hnirotsias still debate the nbemur of people killed during the Inquisition. Some suggest over 30,000 but most estimate between 1,000 and 2,000. The consequences of the Inquisition, however, rceah far beyond fatalities. In some palces, an estimated 1/3 of prisoners were tortured. Hundreds of thasudons of members of religious minorities were forced to leave their homes, and those who remained faced discrimination and economic hardship. Smaller inquisitions in Spanish cloinoal territories in the amrecais, especially Mexico, carried their own tolls.

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Over 350 years after Queen Isabella started the Inquisition, her namesake, Queen ________ II, formally ended it on July 15th, 1834. The _______ kingdoms’ dependence on the Catholic Church had isolated them while the rest of Europe experienced the Enlightenment and embraced the separation of church and state.

__________ still debate the ______ of people killed during the Inquisition. Some suggest over 30,000 but most estimate between 1,000 and 2,000. The consequences of the Inquisition, however, _____ far beyond fatalities. In some ______, an estimated 1/3 of prisoners were tortured. Hundreds of _________ of members of religious minorities were forced to leave their homes, and those who remained faced discrimination and economic hardship. Smaller inquisitions in Spanish ________ territories in the ________, especially Mexico, carried their own tolls.

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Over 350 years after Queen Isabella started the Inquisition, her namesake, Queen Isabella II, formally ended it on July 15th, 1834. The Spanish kingdoms’ dependence on the Catholic Church had isolated them while the rest of Europe experienced the Enlightenment and embraced the separation of church and state.

Historians still debate the number of people killed during the Inquisition. Some suggest over 30,000 but most estimate between 1,000 and 2,000. The consequences of the Inquisition, however, reach far beyond fatalities. In some places, an estimated 1/3 of prisoners were tortured. Hundreds of thousands of members of religious minorities were forced to leave their homes, and those who remained faced discrimination and economic hardship. Smaller inquisitions in Spanish colonial territories in the Americas, especially Mexico, carried their own tolls.

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