Inquisition
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The Inquisition was a powerful ecclesiastical tribunal system of the Catholic Church and allied monarchies, created to identify, try, and punish heresy and enforce religious orthodoxy.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T223309 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Inquisition Context triple: [Catholic Monarchy, hasCentralInstitution, Inquisition]
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Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition was a powerful Catholic institution established in late 15th-century Spain to enforce religious orthodoxy, often through persecution, trials, and expulsions of Jews, Muslims, and other perceived heretics.
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Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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Fidei Defensor
Fidei Defensor is a Latin title historically granted to English monarchs, meaning "Defender of the Faith," and signifies their role as protectors of the Christian faith.
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Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of infamous 1692–1693 prosecutions in colonial New England where mass hysteria and superstition led to the execution and imprisonment of people accused of witchcraft.
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St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre was a 1572 wave of mob and royal-instigated killings in France in which thousands of Huguenots (French Protestants) were slaughtered, marking a brutal turning point in the French Wars of Religion.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Inquisition Target entity description: The Inquisition was a powerful ecclesiastical tribunal system of the Catholic Church and allied monarchies, created to identify, try, and punish heresy and enforce religious orthodoxy.
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A.
Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition was a powerful Catholic institution established in late 15th-century Spain to enforce religious orthodoxy, often through persecution, trials, and expulsions of Jews, Muslims, and other perceived heretics.
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B.
Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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C.
Fidei Defensor
Fidei Defensor is a Latin title historically granted to English monarchs, meaning "Defender of the Faith," and signifies their role as protectors of the Christian faith.
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D.
Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of infamous 1692–1693 prosecutions in colonial New England where mass hysteria and superstition led to the execution and imprisonment of people accused of witchcraft.
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E.
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre was a 1572 wave of mob and royal-instigated killings in France in which thousands of Huguenots (French Protestants) were slaughtered, marking a brutal turning point in the French Wars of Religion.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ecclesiastical tribunal system
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institution of the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Catholic monarchies
ⓘ
papacy ⓘ |
| cooperatedWith |
Catholic rulers
ⓘ
secular authorities ⓘ |
| exercisedAuthorityOver |
baptized Christians
ⓘ
suspected heretics ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
Iberian Peninsula
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Italian states ⓘ Portuguese colonies ⓘ Spanish colonies in the Americas ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ |
| hadComponent |
Inquisition
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Medieval Inquisition
Portuguese Inquisition ⓘ Inquisition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Inquisition
Spanish Inquisition ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | symbol of religious persecution ⓘ |
| imposedPenalty |
confiscation of property
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handing over to secular authorities for execution ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ penance ⓘ |
| legacy | controversial institution in Catholic history ⓘ |
| legalBasis | canon law ⓘ |
| notableReform | centralization under the Roman Inquisition in the 16th century ⓘ |
| oversightBy |
local bishops in some periods
ⓘ
pope ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
enforce religious orthodoxy
ⓘ
identify heresy ⓘ punish heresy ⓘ try suspected heretics ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| targetedGroup |
Moriscos
ⓘ
Protestants in Catholic territories ⓘ alleged heretics ⓘ conversos ⓘ |
| targetedOffense |
Islamic practices among converts
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Judaizing among converts ⓘ blasphemy ⓘ heresy ⓘ witchcraft in some regions ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Early Modern period
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surface form:
Early modern period
Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
judicial interrogation
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secret testimony ⓘ torture in some periods ⓘ use of witnesses ⓘ |
| usedProcedure | inquisitorial procedure ⓘ |
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Subject: Inquisition Description of subject: The Inquisition was a powerful ecclesiastical tribunal system of the Catholic Church and allied monarchies, created to identify, try, and punish heresy and enforce religious orthodoxy.
Referenced by (27)
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