grand inquisitor (head of the spanish inquisition)
1Inquisitor — n. 1 an official investigator. 2 hist. an officer of the Inquisition. Phrases and idioms: Grand Inquisitor the director of the court of Inquisition in some countries. Inquisitor General the head of the Spanish Inquisition. Etymology: F… …
2inquisitor — n. 1 an official investigator. 2 hist. an officer of the Inquisition. Phrases and idioms: Grand Inquisitor the director of the court of Inquisition in some countries. Inquisitor General the head of the Spanish Inquisition. Etymology: F… …
3INQUISITION — INQUISITION, special permanent tribunal of the medieval Catholic Church, established to investigate and combat heresy. The Early Institution Although the Inquisition was established by Pope gregory ix , it owed its name to the procedure… …
4Inquisition — • By this term is usually meant a special ecclesiastical institutional for combating or suppressing heresy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Inquisition Inquisition …
5Inquisition — The term Inquisition can refer to any one of several institutions charged with trying and convicting heretics within the Roman Catholic Church and sometimes other offenders against canon law. It may refer to [… …
6The Brothers Karamazov — For other uses, see The Brothers Karamazov (disambiguation). The Brothers Karamazov   …
7Historical revision of the Inquisition — is a historiographical project that has emerged in recent years. In the last forty years, with opening of formerly closed archives, the development of new historical methodologies, and, in Spain, the death of Francisco Franco in 1975, new works… …
8Witch trials in the Early Modern period — Punishments for witchcraft in 16th century Germany. Woodcut from Tengler s Laienspiegel, Mainz, 1508. The Witch trials in the Early Modern period were a period of witch hunts between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries,[1] when across Early… …
9History of the Jews in Spain — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism …
10Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith — This article is about the Holy Office as part of the Roman Curia. For Holy Office as prayer, please see Liturgy of the Hours. This article is part of a series on the Roman Curia Dicastery …
