• After today, you will be able to…– Sequence the events of

the Reconquista– Analyze the process and

motives behind the Spanish Inquisition

– Judge whether Spain benefited or not from the Inquisition

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• Only land not Christian?

• What “problems” exist religiously?– Is that really a

problem?

• They take over a “Spain” and a peninsula that has been weak, fragmented & stuck (?)

• What could be some first goals for them?

• F+I ask Pope’s permission to start Inquisition– Inquisition will be run by

the Monarchy• Goal?

–Convert everyone to Catholicism… especially the Jews who resist

• Torture and burn heretics at the stake

• Torquemada is Grand Inquisitor

• Lasted for 300 years, until 1834

• Has this been repeated in history?

• What happens in 1492? (2)– Columbus – Jews evicted– Take Granada

• Who is evicted by 1502?–What is

accomplished?• What does

Spain become in the 1500s? (eclipse?)

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• “Let me give you my honest advice. First, their synagogues or churches should be set on fire, and whatever does not burn should be covered or spread over so that no one may be able to see a cinder of it. And this ought to be done for the honor of God and Christianity.”

• Thoughts?

• Title = F+I vs ML vs Hitler• How are they similar? How are they different? (chart)