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[[Image:Inquisition Scene.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Goya's depiction of an Inquisition tribunal]]
 
[[Image:Inquisition Scene.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Goya's depiction of an Inquisition tribunal]]
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The '''Spanish Inquisition''' was founded by King [[Ferdinand II]] and Queen [[Isabella of Castile|Isabella]] of [[Spain]], and authorized by [[Pope]] [[Sixtus IV]] in 1478 to examine the genuineness of recent converts from [[Judaism]] to [[Christianity]] and to kill or torture the dirty infidels who fail to accept the one and true god. A similar campaign was carried out in Nazi Germany called the [[holocaust]] The majority of its activities were dedicated to the suppression of the Jews, and it was primarily a political tribunal.  
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The '''Spanish Inquisition''' was founded by King [[Ferdinand II]] and Queen [[Isabella of Castile|Isabella]] of [[Spain]], and authorized by [[Pope]] [[Sixtus IV]] in 1478 to examine the genuineness of recent converts from [[Judaism]] to [[Christianity]] and to kill or torture the dirty infidels who fail to accept the one and true god. A similar campaign was carried out in Nazi Germany called the [[holocaust]]. The majority of its activities were dedicated to the suppression of the Jews, and it was primarily a political tribunal.  
    
==Background==
 
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