Ugly History: The Spanish Inquisition - Kayla Wolf

[@nicsmith7689]

One issue with the video: Isabella II herself couldn't have ended the Inquisition in 1834, since she was just 4 years old at the time. Maybe her mom, the Queen regent signed off on it.

[@c.galindo9639]

The more you know

[@RandomNulls]

Bruhh Isabella ll: *goes to school the next day* Everyone who knees she disbanded the Inquisition: *confused noises*

[@itsblitz4437]

@Oritra Kar that's common then?

[@omargerardolopez3294]

@@itsblitz4437 Yeah, when the new monarch is too young someone is needed rule, the best option most tomes being a tutor of the monarch

[@MrAutore]

Good point

[@catherinehouser3788]

Recently, a group of Catholic Mexican decendents with interesting and unusual religious practices was studied. Turns out that they were descendents of Spanish conversos who were keeping alive some of their Jewish traditions long past the point at which the danger of discovery was over. And long past the time they knew the origins of the practices.

[@itsalice2780]

Actually, my family comes from them. My grandmother knitted hats that looked like kippahs (jewish headwear for men) for my uncles' baptisms, communions, and confirmations. We played with dreidels at christmas time and lit 12 candles (instead of 8 for hannukah). We are from mexico.

[@alettom]

I believe this is also the reason as to why flour tortillas are common in the north of Mexico…. Apparently Jewish conversos came to the north of the country (for instance, the state of Nuevo León) and ate goat kid meat (cabrito) and flour tortillas since they were a bit similar to their Jewish lamb and unleavened bread meals but in a way that would not appear as obvious Jewish food so they could stay out of trouble…. Nowadays they’re very traditional regional foods

[@zaki4117]

That’s pretty cool

[@anthonygutierrez4546]

What’s the name of that group? Landino?

[@sb4040]

@@itsalice2780 How cool is all that! Wow.

[@KomodoMagic]

I wasn’t expecting this

[@anotherordinaryguy4992]

Can't believe I was too late to say that.

[@lilithhyde1592]

Well no one expects the Spanish Inquisition

[@josiahl1086]

Me too

[@vale3242]

nice one

[@JoseLopez-of4qn]

wait for the other european countrie´s inquisition... they were much deadlier than the Spanish one

[@_JayRamsey_]

I did not expect the Spanish Inquisition...to have lasted so long. Three and a half centuries!

[@pittarpiratee46]

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION

[@jorgepalacio6910]

And in all of that time they only executed 3000 people. That's a monthly number for way too many countries in today's world, but countries that people don't care because it isn't Europe.

[@claramente8087]

The American inquisition It is still remain in Guantanamo nowadays.... Don't you?

[@darylcheshire1618]

I read that it was mostly dying out over the last 100 years. The ending was just a formality.

[@jorgeo4483]

Less than the Protestant and Anglican Inquisition who killed many, many, many more people.

[@duba77777]

fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, nice red uniforms

[@MichelleIbarraMHAEdD]

Yea, what could go wrong? 😐😒

[@mr.bluesky2628]

@ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀᴍᴜᴛᴇ _ Is "biggles" a way to express and say that you are surprised? It doesn't appear on a dictionary. It just appeared to me that 'Biggles' was a surname of a pretty well-known British pilot, whom was brave and courageous, but nothing more than that.

[@connorredding]

Red Guards from starwars?? :)

[@connorredding]

@ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀᴍᴜᴛᴇ _ No-one expects the Spanisb Inquisition

[@glasscardproductions4736]

@QuikArabic Lessons, well whatever He truly is, His teachings and preachings are wonderful bases for a moral compass and personality!

[@FinancialShinanigan]

Fellow Prisoner: So what are you here for? Me: I did laundry on a Saturday Everyone: This guy is crazy!!

[@rimacalid6557]

Some were killed because they smelled good and/or bathed regularly, or even for having fruits in their diet. kid u not !

[@fadhil5749]

@@rimacalid6557 if she breathes, she's a heretic

[@martinrdh96]

@@rimacalid6557 that is not true. I take you are talking about medieval hygenie myth? Medieval European bathes regularly. It is during early modern period when western european stop regular bath out of fear for syphilis

[@martinrdh96]

@Elivinture peasant bath regularly too. Just not in twice a day as in our culture now. In the morning and night they wipe their face, ear, armpit, and groin with wet cloth. It is in the noon near evening they do full bath, but it varies on climate, season, and access to firewood in colder climate. They lack better education but they still have common sense. So, "peasants did not bath regularly at all" is wrong. Ironicaly bro, you are being even more vague by saying "at all". For me, I just forgot to add western in my first sentence on european. But I did on the second half.

[@James-en1ob]

@Elivinture you do know there are such things as public bath houses during the medieval period ,right? A Chanel called shadeversity has a great video about it

[@someonexdxd]

I can only imagine all the "nobody expects the spanish inquisition" jokes there are gonna be.

[@akisa7865]

Oh cool, a BC profile

[@someonexdxd]

@@akisa7865 Yes :D

[@calebmurray4438]

Yooo D’artanyan = best battle cat

[@someonexdxd]

@@calebmurray4438 Obviously :)

[@Sirenhound]

But everyone's expecting it so....

[@MrAelin]

Fun fact: for everyone who does an actual research, there were very few deaths in the Spanish inquisition compared to Switzerland or Germany

[@Ultra777-v2l]

Indeed, the Spanish inquisition was kind of a benevolent intitution compared to the rule of calvinists or lutherans, however, nowadays we are told that the spaniards were the most brutal. Fake history rules the world as well as fake news.

[@gordonlekfors2708]

is that really a fun fact?

[@vargotrained981]

“Compare to”

[@MdRiAD-cc6kt]

What are trying to prove

[@Kisamon]

"FUN"?

[@drummats6933]

When the comment section is just "I didn't expect that": _I'm so proud of this community_

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

Did you mean _isn't just_ ?

[@LuinTathren]

@@user-vn7ce5ig1z No. He didn't. He's referring to all the comments referencing a very well-known and immensely hilarious skit by Monty Python. Drummats is happy that so many comments are mentioning how unexpected this video is. Because "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!"

[@CatDrinkingPoison]

@@LuinTathren *NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!*

[@h.inusitatus]

Why would you be proud of everyone being so grossly unoriginal and childish?

[@ananyamanvi5360]

NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION

[@Booberi600]

Spanish inquisition : starts* Everybody : Surprised Pikachu face

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

Lol

[@sparagnino]

Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition

[@brembyy]

woah you got a heart from ted-ed lol

[@alejandroojeda1572]

You know....they sent a fricking letter a month before taking you

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

@@alejandroojeda1572 still not enough time to prepare

[@eyadfromthesky]

Ted Ed should have a vocabulary word list at the end of every video containing the uncommon vernacular from the video

[@rodrigombl452]

You mean a glossary

[@bismarkreich245]

Read more

[@RandomNulls]

@@bismarkreich245 f*** I just instantly clicked it, damn instincts

[@allanjustinboncay2321]

Yeah i'm from SEA and those english words are unfamiliar to us and this suggestion would help us a lot, people who wanted to expand their vocabulary.

[@Baelor-Breakspear]

Yeah or like a test like the other renowned online classes from PragerU. You know since Ted Ed and PragerU are basically the same thing with the same standards.

[@schurgy16]

One part that isn't mentioned is that there was an Inquisition in Portugal too... and it was worse. So worse that when a concerned Portugese man went to the Pope to tell what had been going on, the Pope told Portugal to reign in the inquisition.

[@jameswatt4114]

not true many jews expell from castille by order of Isabel went to portugal

[@estepario....0038]

France and Italy. Even protestants have his own one , killing several times more than spanish. You can check Miguel Servet burn in Switzerland.

[@cml2176]

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[@ranchocommodorereef]

I can't believe it was worse in Portugal

[@mogaman28]

@@ranchocommodorereef The german and french Inquisition were also worse than the spanish one.

[@chanbricks4461]

I did not expect the Spanish Inquisition, but I expected the memes

[@James-en1ob]

🤨

[@alejandroojeda1572]

You know...they sent a fricking letter a month before taking you

[@JonasHamill]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

[@NoraTheCreator117]

666th like

[@drabberfrog]

I didn't expect Ted Ed to make a video about the Spanish inquisition.

[@Jolfgard]

Nobody did

[@simonhenry888]

No one expects a video about the Spanish Inquisition

[@marljevincalabia3746]

Ironic

[@bozitrapboy]

why not?

[@LamanKnight]

@@bozitrapboy It's a joke from Monty Python. If you search KZbin for, "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition," you'll probably find what everyone is referencing.

[@cyrus5958]

I’m going to be honest, a torture rate of 1/3rd is lower then most people would probably think with the Spanish Inquisition

[@alejandroojeda1572]

That's because the Spanish inquisition was vehemently against physical torture (they even went as far as to say that confession under torture was not valid...which was pretty revolutionary because until then that was the only way a confession was valid). The rate of torture in medieval Europe was...100%. your lord is gonna have a trial for you? Huh you wish. He's gonna torture you and then kill you. You're a peasant, justice doesn't exist for you...unless the inquisition is the one trying. Thus we get to the next point. People sometimes turned over to the inquisition to avoid harsher measures from their nobles. The most common sentence was a fine. Talking about fines, they even fined people who accused falsely!!!

[@isaiah3872]

Yeah, until recently I thought the punishments were more severe & frequent (particularly burning at the stake). Maybe there's truth to the school of thought that some Protestants exaggerated the statistics of the Spanish Inquisition. Still, I'm not endorsing the Inquisition in general.

[@herodotus945]

@@isaiah3872 Everything you heard about the inquisition is a lie. The Inquisition was the first judicial body in Europe to have established rules of evidence, recognize an insanity plea, ban arbitrary punishments, and dismiss anonymous accusations. It was actually closer to modern jurisprudence than most secular courts of the Middle Ages and Early Modern periods. They also believed that the accuser held the burden of proof, whereas most secular governments at the time required the accused to prove their own innocence.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

@@herodotus945 any source?

[@pantehitam]

That's unexpected

[@adrianrg75]

The Spanish Inquisition came after and was much milder than other countries' inquisitions. And people did expect the Spanish Inquisition, they gave a 30 day notice beforehand

[@valdorobles3651]

What a modern and nice people were the Spanish inquisitors

[@kolgax2064]

I have it on good info that nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.

[@1lyxbollyvykn714]

@Daniel Leon Zapata you just need to go and check records from that time

[@ajamhuha4198]

@Daniel Leon Zapata agreed. Sugar coating wrongdoings

[@GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser]

@@ajamhuha4198 Nope, german witch hunts killed more people in one procedure than the spanish inquisition in its existence.

[@user-hq4zk6eg5n]

A Truly unexpected video

[@calebmurray4438]

An unexpected surprise, but a welcome one

[@Pilusajaib]

Beat me to it lol

[@albenmurcia4716]

No one expects the spanish inquisition

[@ralone8314]

Here here gather around man of culture

[@Channelthatprovidesplaylists]

Badum tsss

[@BGomez-tk7lu]

You may not expect the spanish Inquisition, BUT one thing u may not expect either is that this is quite biased. Remember! The Inquisition was NOT exclusive to Spain. The spanish Inquisition wasn't even the harshest Inquisition of them all (you should see what the folks in Germany and England did, there the burning and witch hunting was a lot more common) although it had some particularities, mainly relating to burocratic procedures If I recall properly. Spain had many enemies back then, and they were good with propaganda. That's why most common folk only remember the Spanish Inquisition and not the maleum maleficarum or the work of Matthew Hopkins

[@alessandrodelogu7931]

You're right. Here in Sardinia we had the Inquisition too, but here they killed nobody.

[@alejandroojeda1572]

@@alessandrodelogu7931 and yet we're stuck with these videos denouncing the horrible inquisition. And everyone in the comment just chanting oh yeah, they were horrible. Come on!!!! It's in the video 2000 people in 300 years. The Germans once burnt more people in a day!!! It was a terrible institution based on hatred but dear god it wasn't the worst by far

[@alessandrodelogu7931]

@@alejandroojeda1572 plus their cruelty and power greatly diminished with time. In the XVIII century their only business was censoring books.

[@alejandroojeda1572]

@@alessandrodelogu7931 i just don't understand it. Do they know how much damage they've done? Instead of trying to paint a objective picture they dumped some emotional music and fancy adjectives to make it feel the way it does. That's not teaching that's lying.

[@dkb1124]

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[@DD-kc6hg]

Almost every comment in a few hours of the upload: "I did not expect that." Edit: It has been like one minute and I am already seeing this

[@VeraBean]

To be honest. That was my first thought when I saw this video.

[@radoslawgruszka]

At least you can't say you didn't expect that.

[@aeuihatlilordofthevoid7879]

Correction, I made the comment 15 seconds after it was uploaded

[@toxikarp2063]

I don't understand why there are many comments like that

[@DD-kc6hg]

@@toxikarp2063 Monty Python, a comedy group from UK had a show named Monty Python's Flying Circus. It is a joke from one of their episodes.

[@Unbox-Haven1]

3,000 people were "executed" in Spain across the entirety of the centuries of the Inquisition. That's it. Of the 3,000 "executed" 1,500 were "executed in effigy." That is, they built up a human-sized doll, and killed the doll, not the person, then expelled them from the country. That's it. That's the horror/terror of the Inquisition.

[@neochris2]

Yeah, but you know "Catholics bad" so Protestants have exaggerated the inquisition ever since the printing press was a thing.

[@Alejandro-uy7ru]

3000 personas fueron condenadas de las que 1500 fueron ejecutadas, es decir no todas las condenas fueron ejecuciones como dices. Su contraparte Alemana por nombrar una ejecuto a mas de 60.000 personas, cuando se ve asi la española era algo mucho mas "moderado" en la epoca(teniendo en cuenta que duro casi 400 años), tambien se debe recalcar que la española fue de las inquisiciones en las que mas se debatia la ejecucion de una persona a diferencia de otras donde pruebas minimas ya eran suficientes para condenar y matar a alguien. Asi que informate y despues comenta :)

[@kaptein1247]

@@Alejandro-uy7ru Wow, this video is greatly misleading if thats true. 1.500 executed over a period of 350 years in an entire country isnt ''that much''

[@theemirofjaffa2266]

I was thinking that too. However when you think of the expulsions and the psychological trauma caused on entire populations, thats the bad part. ​@kaptein1247

[@tony3]

@@kaptein1247 It wasn't bad at all. More than 10 people a year would have been doing messed up stuff. Certain people have to fixate on nonissues like this so that they can minimize actual atrocities.

[@thomazneuber2008]

The Bible says that we shall not kill anyone,. Yet, that was exactly the thing those guys were doing

[@tobilandsfried8083]

They "cleaned" their souls so they've a chance in the eternal afterlife. That was the excuse.

[@Delgen1951]

@@tobilandsfried8083 And Conversion dose not work that way ever, it was all about the money and lands.. And when they met the Lord they were probably shocked to here Him say "Depart form me Ye workers of Sin.".

[@kingsingh2616]

Thats like every religion. They talk about good things and these guys just do the opposite. Religion is a scam.

[@canigetasubforgoodcomment6054]

Which Bible? There are 100's

[@tobilandsfried8083]

@@canigetasubforgoodcomment6054 shut up. Don't play devil's advocate for those monsters.

[@misterminutes4504]

*I must say, I didn't expect the unexpected comments and memes about the unexpected Spanish Inquisition. This is all unexpected*

[@goatsanimations4480]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

[@byzantium0086]

They should make video about Islam

[@h.inusitatus]

No, this is all the same boring joke that gets in the way of anyone trying to learn about this topic.

[@raf3599_]

ď

[@DennisMoore664]

Truly an unexpected comment.

[@therestivestat5468]

More people have been killed just during the night of Saint Bartholomew than during the whole Spanish Inquisition, which lasted for centuries. Not to mention the torture methods used during that time weren’t especially different than the common medieval punishments.

[@corgismclean]

exactly! Yet nobody talks about French religious intolerance or the Jews being kicked out of England 4 times!

[@rumblefish9]

Absolutely. This reporting is just horrid and filled with propaganda. What most people thought they knew about the inquisition were myths and greatly exaggerated. New studies have shown that torture was rarely used. The iron maiden which people associate with it was never even used.

[@piotrtoborek2442]

@@rumblefish9 Using Umberto Eco's fiction as inspiration will lead to countless misconceptions. It is hard to believe educated people hold such false views but hey, flat-earthers exists as well :D

[@Superbed2]

@@rumblefish9 source?

[@dirk2518]

What a nonsense! Only in 1576 spanish soldiers killed 8000 civilians in Antwerp. Spanish inquisition caused the biggest emigration wave in the southern Netherlands. People fleeing for the terror of spanish inquisition.

[@Juananandelsur]

Spanish Inquisition was the mildest of Europe. Just the French Revolution caused more death penalties that the Spanish Inquisition in all its existence.

[@mintmez1170]

Yes. Thank you 🫡

[@basantprasadsgarden8365]

Catholic trying to cope with Church's Crimes

[@minimumtasvik]

It is not about the number of deaths per se. The problem is the dark side of it. In French revolution they were fighting, so it is normal for them to die. However, here you force them to convert and then burn them alive for keeping their faiths. Sometimes even those who truely converted were burned. This is an injustice and should be condemned. It is one of the darkest and ugliest side of catholic europe.

[@reginaldwooster235]

In one month.

[@vicentegarcia7102]

​@@minimumtasvikhow many "witches" were burnt alive in protestant Europe?

[@TorrentsNicolas]

No body expected the Spanish Inquisition but everyone expected the Monthy Phyton fandome in the comments section.

[@NWPaul72]

Really all I came for. Religious fundamentalists killing their parishioners and keeping them in a state of fearful subservience isn't really my cuppa tea

[@Rgoid]

Don’t forget the Mel Brooks fans.

[@mannyfernandez1713]

You oddly forgot to mention that confession under torture wasn’t considered proof enough and that they actually had to have proof, plus if the innocent party was wrongly accused the accuser was punished

[@fluffynator6222]

@Bo It literally just said that Jews, Christians and Muslims coexist under one ruler. Nothing more.

[@rumblefish9]

Yes, this piece is tainted with so much propaganda. The truth is, a lot of what we think the Spanish Inquisition was was myth. In most cases, if heretics repented, they were absolved from their sins. Torture was rarely used. "The Spanish Inquisition happened, but most of what we think we know about it is a myth according to more recent studies. One of the main things that happened in the era, aside the scientific revolution, was a multi-state war between Catholicism and Protestantism. The myth of Spanish Inquisition was spread over this propaganda war."

[@royendershade8044]

@Major Probelms *people who care to read historical documents instead of just assuming popular legends.

[@uberneanderthal]

they oddly forgot to mention a lot of things that didn't fit their narrative.

[@LukeStead-s2l]

Back then yes it was.

[@ferdnvdeutschland2904]

I'm Spanish, and In Córdoba and Toledo, are interesting museums about that topic.

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

No way

@Barbie dolls And barbie dolls too!

[@slimanebelarabi6303]

Granada too bro

[@ferdnvdeutschland2904]

@@slimanebelarabi6303 I've not visited yet that city, but I suppose that also.

[@slimanebelarabi6303]

@@ferdnvdeutschland2904 absolutely sure buddy, it was the capital of the empire of Morish, and you can see the incredible Muslim touch from the entry of the city. You'll love it Good luck

[@samarkants4444]

The Islamic conquest of Iberian Peninsula is equally brutal

[@goodaimshield1115]

Equally? It was FAR more brutal. But that's kind of normal, that's what a conquest by force is usually like.

[@ytali2323]

@@goodaimshield1115no it’s not. At least with the Islamic conquest you had the option of paying Jizya which is income tax lower than what you pay usually and that is for the rich, poor and I’ll don’t have to pay. Also the inquisition burnt Jews and kicked them out it was the Muslims who protected them

[@hamsatd]

Dude you can't compare the islamic conquest of anything. They follow rules that mean they will be held accountable for the loss of life of civilians.

[@nhy123123]

"friends turned in friends, neighbors accused neighbors": all too familiar for the Chinese people during the Cultural Revolution, from the fervour of the Red Guards.

[@siddharthtyagi8980]

sounds like present cancel culture. No proof just metaphorically hang the person.

[@dddhhh2612]

Like the Bolshevics during Stalin's Reign of Terror, though Stalin was a far more efficient killer.

[@fsdds1488]

Interestingly I have came across some documents on Red Guards, some of them were their diaries and it showed that at the very early stage, like the first few months of Cultural Revolution that the students in Beijing were acting quite peacefully, but from 1967 thungs spirall down very quickly as violence erupted and things are out of control.

[@arabianbatman736]

and red kemers, and gestapo and islam

[@JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff.]

McCarthyism?

[@Ramon51650]

The Holy Inquisition had been around since the Crusades; the ones in which all of Christendom participated. So it didn't pop into being in 1478, not was it established in all Spanish kingdoms as the narrator incorrectly states. It was Isabel; she was not Italian, so her proper name was not Isabella. It was often spelled as Ysabel as can be readily seen on documents and even the coat of arms of Puerto Rico. The Holy inquisition was first established in America and had its administrative centre in Cartagena de Indias and it was tasked with monitoring Europeans and enslaved Africans and any converted indigenous people; it was not sent to América to prosecute indigenous people because they were classified as soon-to-be Christians and therefore were not to be held responsible for matters of faith. Contrary to the narrator's spurious claim, the inquisition in the Spanish kingdoms had various categories of falling out grace with the church. It differentiated between people who practiced witchcraft and people prepared and sold spells - the latter most often the purview of widows and older women. The church viewed as mostly harmless within the bounds of what people used it; attract love, fortune, etc. There was no entering in contract with Satan or selling their soul. By church law a physician had to be present whenever torture was undertaken - there are museums all over Europe displaying torture devices, so you cannot sanely claim that it was solely used by the Spanish monarchy or the church; two separate entities with mandates that did not overlap. The narrator revels in the expulsion of 1492 while blithely ignoring other kingdoms' histories of expulsions of Jews: England 1290 France 1306, 1321 and 1394. German principalities and Italian states 14th and 16th centuries; Hungary 1394; Austria 1421; Lithuania 1445 and 1495; Portugal 1497; Bohemia and Moravia in 1744. It is a matter of record that more women were accused and burned at the stake in German Europe than all the people similarly punished in Spanish kingdoms during the same era. The narrator tosses out a vague number of death attributed to the inquisition while ignoring the fact that fatalities in England exceeded her highest number; somewhere in the vicinity of 35,000 due to infighting on that island. I don't expect to change the thinking of people who have already made up their minds, or better stated had their minds made up for them, but I couldn't leave this drivel unchallenged.

[@Fugitivez03]

You're turning a bling eye, my friend. The Spanish Inquisition did more damage than you can ever imagine, in Africa, South America and Asia. No mercy, no physician, no kindness - imperialism and inquisitions have shattered the very existence of many families and communities.

[@Ramon51650]

@@Fugitivez03 Back your assertion with recent academic reference speaking specifically about the topic....

[@porcelynne2283]

This is kinda whataboutism.

[@Ramon51650]

@@porcelynne2283 ???

[@induction7895]

@@Ramon51650 Whataboutism: What about Germany? What about England? What about Crusaders?...

[@siegque]

The Inquisition started in 12th-century France to combat religious dissent, particularly among the Cathars and the Waldensians. The inquisitorial courts from this time until the mid-15th century are together known as the Medieval Inquisition. Other groups investigated during the Medieval Inquisition, which primarily took place in France and Italy, including the Spiritual Franciscans, the Hussites (followers of Jan Hus), and the Beguines. (Wikipedia)

[@pivotalpancake5454]

Christianity went from: "We're being prosecuted, so we don't celebrate publicly" To "We're celebrating publicly and persecuting heretics". Truly one of the biggest table flips in history. (Don't flame me, I'm a Christian too lmao. It's just that the belief isn't violent, It's the people who issue it.)

[@42069TV]

"I'm too weak" "Unlimited Power!"

[@basstt5615]

It's when happens when you get politics involved

[@uberneanderthal]

it was a "table flip" 1000 years in the making. maybe read up on the Caliphate and Reconquista some time.

[@dkbros1592]

Ya that's why church killed genocide millions

[@meekmeads]

Islamic Jihad and Slavery still going strong, mate.

[@gawayne1374]

Under canonical law, only Catholics could be judged by the inquisition. This judgement would occur under the normal circumstances of judgement, where both the accuser and the accused would have to face each other (no anonymity) in trial, with evidence to support the accusation. People who then formally renounced their faith would be excommunicated, while repenting Catholics would be given confession and penance. It was only unrelenting Catholics who could be legally punished beyond excommunication. Anything that happened outside these bounds is analogous to what our justice system today experiences through corruption. Simply listing a few facts in this format does very little to provide the necessary context to understand it completely. Also, Spain suffered from a compete economic collapse due to inflation caused by the large quantities of gold imported from the colonies. Saying that they missed out on the enlightenment because of the inquisition is short sighted and inaccurate. It also assumes that "enlightenment" is a process by which a society progresses, but it was just a philosophical movement. Spain had their own cultural Revolution throughout the Golden Centuries (as they are known in Spanish history). I'm pretty disappointed a video like this was produced by Ted.

[@alessandrodelogu7931]

Are you from Spain? I'm from Sardinia, a former Spanish province, but here the Inquisition killed nobody.

[@estherjimenezprados]

I agree, I felt this video was misinformed and supported by dark legends more than real facts. Of course the Inquisition was a very wrong chapter in our history, but this doesn't feel like a right approach and doesn't explain the context and the real data of why it happened (also the Spanish one wasn't as deadly as everyone thinks, although it was bad of course).

[@alessandrodelogu7931]

@@estherjimenezprados I agree. Religious intolerance contributed to the decline of Spain, but there were many other factors too. It wasn't just fault of the Inquisition.

[@estherjimenezprados]

@@alessandrodelogu7931 Absolutely, it was a very complex situation that led to the decline of the Empire

[@herodotus945]

@@estherjimenezprados the Inquisition was the first judicial body in Europe to have established rules of evidence, recognize an insanity plea, ban arbitrary punishments, and dismiss anonymous accusations. It was actually closer to modern jurisprudence than most secular courts of the Middle Ages and Early Modern periods. They also believed that the accuser held the burden of proof, whereas most secular governments at the time required the accused to prove their own innocence.

[@JerryMan68]

You thought this was a Ted-Ed video but it was us! The Spanish Inquisition! No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[@LuinTathren]

How unexpected!

[@thedarksavior0]

Can't tell if this is a Monty Python or Jojo reference. 😋

[@daliblue_]

@@thedarksavior0 🤣

[@nikhilpranav6915]

@@thedarksavior0 Why not both?

[@devilex121]

KONO SPANISH INQUISITION DA

[@jojoabellar2536]

I can't help but feel sorry for those innocent souls during those times.

[@James-en1ob]

Well you cannot change the past

[@zejdland]

Too much to feel sorry to... life doesn't matter

[@zejdland]

@Abdessamad my life doesn't matter..

[@zejdland]

@Abdessamad think of it like this someone probably died in a very sad way around 40000 years ago and we don't know their pain..

[@zejdland]

@Abdessamad maybe I care too much?

[@modakkagitplugga]

Henry Kamen has a great book on The Spanish Inquisition, dispels a lot of myths

[@anotherordinaryguy4992]

Monty Python references never gets old.

[@ncrvako]

olny tiresome.

[@veryberry39]

I don't know, I'm tired of it already.

[@HelgaCavoli]

Never.

[@jordandino417]

Still no killer bunny. >:c

[@h.inusitatus]

No, it does. It very much gets old when half the comments on any video talking about it is that god-awful joke, thinking they're original or funny for making the same joke for the millionth time.

[@alvarotaravillo8260]

3:55 in Spain we have a common expression about the San Benito, it is "cargar con el Sanbenito" which means to carry the blame of something that you haven't done

[@robertoortizhernandez4706]

¡Qué buen dato ! Gracias por compartirlo.

[@byan3190]

Do you speak any other expression or words about that period or refer to it ? In your local culture do you have something like that?

[@alvarotaravillo8260]

@@byan3190 Of course! We have a lot of them. I'm gonna give you some example that we often say. -No dar un palo al agua: The literal translation is "don't give a stick to the water" and means that you are slothy or idle. The stick was the row and the origin of it comes from the deck of a ship where men had to row and the idlers ones didn't sink the row and they moved it just in the surface having to do less effort while rowing. -No hay moros en la costa: There are no moorish in the coastline Moros (Moorish) is how we have called to people originally from the North of Africa for centuries. This phrase comes from the XVI century when the pirates of the North of Africa devastated the coastlines so the Spanish had to put watchers on them and when they saw no pirates they said that phrase and the ship set off. On the other hand there are as well some words like CHAQUETERO that is someone who is unpredictable and unreliable that tend to change of side easily. The word *chaqueta* means coat and the origin comes from the Protestant reformation in Spain on which many Lutherans where persecuted by the Spanish inquisition, they were distinguished by their coats or chaquetas and when there were plot twists, they just turned over their coats so they can't be caught or distinguished. They are just a few of them but there are many more. Do you have any historical word or phrase in your country that you know?

[@byan3190]

@@alvarotaravillo8260 I am not spainish . I am Saudi but I am really interesting in Spain history & language. So I was amazed about these expersions . Its seems lik that period in Spain effect people so much so its made them to create an expressionto refer to that period by therie own languages .

[@byan3190]

Sorry If I bother you. But could you please recommend some books that speak about this linguistic phenomenon? Thanks in advance .

[@randomobserver8168]

I do still find myself amazed at how large the inquisition loomed in the minds of English-language writers like Twain and Poe, as late as the 19th century.

[@enniomojica7812]

Dude this whole video is based on propaganda not history. These lies about the inquisition were created by angry Protestants trying to throw dirt on the Catholic Church. Modern history now shows how the inquisition in Spain actually helped stop the practice of witch burning from reaching Spain and regular people actually preferred the Spanish Inquisition over secular courts because they were more fair.

[@tonyb9735]

@@enniomojica7812 Oh really? And where did it stand on priests buggering children?

[@johnisaacfelipe6357]

@@tonyb9735 You should probably worry more about the grooming gangs buggering your children now.

[@Mondy667]

@@johnisaacfelipe6357 Lmak true, the Priest grooming is very very bad as a catholic but the people are ignoring their children getting groomed by mainstream entertainment industry

[@MrBongobongbongo]

@@enniomojica7812 They issued a death warrant for all of the Protestants in the Netherlands, stop lying.

[@magnusvir117]

Once again England creating myths about Spain

[@Napolean46]

This is not myth, fhis is the dark past reality of your country

[@franklinmemet3034]

@@Napolean46I mean yea but it was over 500 years ago lmao and the Christian demographic were under the control of the Muslim caliphate for more than 800 years prior to this, who were, converting Christians into Muslims. The Umayyad also performed atrocities, its just for some odd reason this video does not even mention why the Muslims were there in the first place.

[@Napolean46]

@@franklinmemet3034 you are right. The problem with Muslims is when ever they get to s place they want everyone to islamize. Nosense. I like that they were chased out of Spain

[@Tej-b7b]

@@franklinmemet3034 Source?

[@CharlieMason-k9c]

NO ONE EVER EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION Edit: are you telling me they did expect the inquisition

[@karlmarxii4639]

Nobody even commented bro

[@CharlieMason-k9c]

@@karlmarxii4639 shut it Karl who spells Carl with a "k"

[@James-en1ob]

Yes!

[@AureliusLaurentius1099]

Historically spekaing, you were notified in advance to prepare a defense. The Spanish Inquisition were actually pretty tame in the time period

[@CharlieMason-k9c]

@@AureliusLaurentius1099 it was a joke

[@trex5863]

Day 1 of telling Ted-ed that its daily uploads are appreciated!

[@ghostderazgriz]

Day 1?

[@isaiah3872]

How long do you intend to do this? For 365 days? Because I'm down to like each comment

[@babyshlawg]

I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition to be in Ted-Ed.

[@JoshRoach-d4q]

Whenever I lend my printer that was made in Spain to my friends, they are always surprised at the clarity. No one expects the Spanish ink precision.

[@Gloriaimperial1]

:) Printer of ink? Well, we were making cars a century ago, and they worked very well, and now, high-speed cars. And combat planes, cargo, helicopter.... We sell high-speed trains to Saudi Arabia and California. Aircraft carriers to Australia and Thailand. We did the expansion of the Panama Canal. We could even make nuclear weapons. We make satellites. We could send a rocket to the moon, with our engineers. In fact we are the tenth power in scientific research. But the printer thing has been a lot of fun ;)

[@SkullsForSale]

@@Gloriaimperial1 r/whoosh

[@Gloriaimperial1]

@@SkullsForSale adfjañdfkajdsfña

[@Buphido]

I know this spanish guy who was a big fan of the girl band Choice, though they later disbanded. But he kept up with the lead singer's career, even learning an instrument himself and organising flash mobs in public spaces with her music. Noone expects the spanish P!nk musician.

[@jenkar5716]

These people should make a video on Goa Inquisition that took place in India.

[@Starwin-Darwin]

Ted ed is a western organisation. They are very narrow minded when it comes to the history of the rest of the world.

[@ALVES1805]

Based goa inquisition

[@Revivalism23]

Goa inquisition was quite based Its main objective was to enforce Catholic Orthodoxy and allegiance to the Apostolic See of Rome (Pontifex). The inquisition primarily focused on the New Christians accused of secretly practicing their former religions, and Old Christians accused of involvement in the Protestant Revolution of the 16th century. It was established in 1560, briefly suppressed from 1774 to 1778, continued thereafter until it was finally abolished in 1812.

[@burper-oe6tm]

"Grand Inquisitor" is kinda funny in terms of name choice cus Ezra is a Hebrew name

[@ewelinanajgebauer8862]

Star wars reference eh?

[@fullyautomaticall]

These spanish inquisitors don’t look as menacing 😂

[@j.e.a.n]

You forgot to say that in 7 centuries, Spanish Inquisition delivered less death sentences than US courts did between 1976 and 2000, or less than Pakistan, Egypt, China or Algeria... did in a just few decades in recent times. You have to look to serious and confirmed estimates (from the main historians/specialists like Botromeo). The Tribunal of the Holy Office was mainly a court of appeal, for people who were already sentenced, and was far less severe than civil courts. It was most of the time a way to get these sentences reduced. Long story short: KZbin infographic shows are entertaining, but have any reliable content.

[@iron2684]

This, but the Spanish inquisition was terrible for modern standards. However, if we look at it from historical standards, like we should, it wasn't very bad

[@bluesy666]

There is no such things as confirmed estimates , much of the people fled Hispania ,this is not a quantitative science ,what is sure being myself descendant of the inquisition victims , you just need read history and hope these things don’t repeat why taking such stands …

[@Sujay95]

triggered catholic spotted

[@bornbranded29]

@@Sujay95 is he right or wrong?

[@Brslld]

@@Sujay95 is he incorrect though?

[@josephturner6440]

Anyone else binge watching these? These videos and After Skool are my favorite to watch.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition. Nobody ever does.

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

Yup

[@alejandroojeda1572]

You know...they sent a fricking letter a month before taking you. There's a really good video from history matters which gives some needed context

[@glasscardproductions4736]

"And here's the Spanish Inquisition hiding behind the tool shed!" "Well, I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition!" Ted: *"NO-ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!"*

[@alejandroojeda1572]

You know...they sent a letter a month before taking you

[@lucypeirce1107]

Our chief weapon is surprise

[@nocosa]

Embrace the separation of church and state? Like in England where the head of state is the king or queen?

[@alejandroojeda1572]

Yeah. I had to laugh out loud there. The Protestant nations were most often than not the other way around...the made state religions. That's about as far from separation of the church and state as you can get

[@Alejojojo6]

Saying Spain did not experience Renaissance or the Separation of powers at min 4:29 is BS... It's not knowing about Spain or it's history and culture AT ALL. Spain was a complete participant of the iRenaissance (Velazquez, el Greco, Becket, Cervantes.... all contributed to it), and the oldest Parlament in the world is in the Kingdom of Leon, a literal separation of powers. But by the Catholic Monarchs onwards Spain, like most European countries, experienced the same separation of powers. Isolation of Spain began after Napoleon not before.

[@doctorasmaakhatab9011]

Spain did not experience the Renaissance Andalusia, which is Spain and Portugal before the Inquisition and before the expulsion of Muslims, was an advanced Islamic country and a center of science, and this is thanks to the Muslims

[@jorgeo4483]

@@doctorasmaakhatab9011 The muslims translated the ancient greeks and romans texts because they where camel sons before that, then Alfonso X the Wise created the School of translators of Toledo. This way Europe was alphabetized for second time from Spain, first from the Spanish legions.

[@harrydean5603]

Iceland has Europe's oldest parliament

[@jorgeo4483]

@@harrydean5603 No. The Cortes of León (Spain) or Decreta of León from year 1188 was a parliamentary body in the medieval Kingdom of León. According to UNESCO it is the first documented example of parliamentarism in history.

[@harrydean5603]

The Icelandic Althing was established in 930AD

[@Licht.von.Stein.]

It is anachronistic to judge people in those times. Religious persecution is prevalent in countries wether they are Catholic or Protestant, Christian or Muslim. If the Inquisition hamper Spain's progress, then why did the Spanish Golden Age occur during the period of the Inquisition?

[@viktordiezel156]

No, it is not anachronistic. Religious tolerance is not an invention of the modern age, there are plenty of examples of religious tolerance, be it in Europe, India, Japan and the middle east before or around that time. Even in this video they mention that Spain was a diverse, multi ethical country. Pre-Inquisition Spain was a great example of a peaceful coexistence of jews and muslims for example. So it is not that those people didn't know better - they were fanatics, or extremist how we would say today. And the golden age of Spain started in 1492 with Columbus going to America, which was the beginning of the Spanish colonial empire, in case you wonder where the money came from..

[@perik7124]

@@viktordiezel156 The "peaceful coexistence" of Al Andalus is a myth. There was no such thing. People lived in neighborhoods separated by religion and did not mix. Non-Muslims had to pay an infidel tax and were second class citizens. There were many hostilities and rebellions. You just repeat cliches and propaganda.

[@alsadekalkhayer7007]

Dark is human history, no wonder our present isn't shining

[@James-en1ob]

Just focus on the good things in life and all will be well besides nothing is perfect

[@mobeenkhan824]

Zhianne Silawan A horrible idea, focus on both the good and bad and focus only on the bad when you can change the bad or learn from it, if you can not then ignore it.

[@TylerSolvestri]

Humans are animals with the possiblity of domesticating themselves to unimaginable progress. After, we are animals, and in the animal world there's no good nor bad.

[@alsadekalkhayer7007]

@@TylerSolvestri being human is what makes us different from animals. Unfortunately, however, not all of us are good at it, being human that is.

[@TylerSolvestri]

@@alsadekalkhayer7007 Humans isn't really a different thing from animals. According to science we evolved from our ancestors which were primates/apes, the only difference between us and animals is the way we make our thoughts practical to give the nature a meaning which helps us understand it and take control of its resources. That's my view on that topic.

[@cachazacachazacachaza]

"The Inquisition quickly turned its attention to ridding the region of people who were not part of the Catholic Church" The Inquisition only dealt with people that were part of the Catholic Church. Those who were not part of the Catholic Church were outside of its jurisdiction.

[@SaadBinAlamgir3345]

What about persecution on muslims amd jews??

[@johnisaacfelipe6357]

@@SaadBinAlamgir3345 That came after during the Alhambra decree wherein jews and Muslims were forced out of Spain (even in this regard they were lenient as rather than forcing the inhabitants to leave, the Spanish government actually paid for their land as evident to the massive logs of land sales immediately after the decree), The inquisition was mainly against Crypto Catholics, Ie people who pretended to be Christian which meant that in their deceit, they have placed themselves under the auspice of the inquisition.

[@SaadBinAlamgir3345]

@@johnisaacfelipe6357 so like thr moors and jews were just droven out Not forcefully converted in spain?

[@SaadBinAlamgir3345]

@@johnisaacfelipe6357 bruh write again....

[@johnisaacfelipe6357]

@@SaadBinAlamgir3345 KZbin removed my comment, shame

[@krum1703]

Fun facts about the inquisition that they didn't tell you in the video: Most of the people accused were convinced of having mistaken beliefs for which a priest simply corrected them. Inquisitions are a basic element of Christianity, deemed necessary to root out false beliefs before they became wide spread. Clergy were not present during torture, torture devices that would kill or permanently scared were forbidden, a doctor was always present and people knew that it was ineffective, so they didn't want to use it. Spain at that time wasn't as diverse as presented, infact being majority Christian already. Medieval inquisitions were a reaction to a bloody conflict between Christians and the Catharists People actually wanted worse punishments for those convicted.

[@Unknown-Duelist]

Wrong is wrong. That's not how the Apostles spread the Gospel. Remember when the disciples asked Jesus to punish one of the places that rejected the Gospel but Jesus rebuked them. The gospel should be spread by word not by sword.

[@Unknown-Duelist]

It just destroyed the image of the Church. Tares and wheat parable was true indeed.

[@krum1703]

@@Unknown-Duelist uhhh wat?

[@krum1703]

@@Unknown-Duelist I'm pretty sure that it was the media that destroyed the reputation of Christianity

[@Unknown-Duelist]

@@krum1703 Denying the truth is accepting the errors.

[@tdotgang538]

“people were condemned to live in fear and paranoia” sounds quite similar to what’s happening now

[@khalidalasad5441]

Tin foil hat on

[@nicholaslewis8594]

That has always happened, might want to specify which group and part of the world you’re talking about.

[@HIFLY01]

@@khalidalasad5441 turn on any news source and you will realize how wrong your comment is

[@Its_Sebas_Yk]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition to be in the KZbin recommended!

[@alvarotaravillo8260]

However, in Spain it is said that the Inquisition killed in a very sadic way, with rough torture machines, but that´s not completly true, the inquisition acused many people as heretics, but eventually, the common hails were even worst than the Inquisition trials, infact, people who commited any crime, rather prefer to be tried by them just to avoid to be tortured so strict. It's kinda a rumour that has been spread around Spain.

[@JALUone1]

Pobres los subscriptores de todo el mundo al aprender historia unicamente de los anglosajones

[@diegogm4614]

@@JALUone1 exacto,lo mismo con la leyenda negra,Latinoamérica entera nos odia

[@JALUone1]

@@diegogm4614 *hispanoamérica

[@rumblefish9]

There is a lot of anti catholic propaganda thats been tied to the Inquisition. People assume hundreds and thousands or millions were killed and tortured but the truth was in most areas, killings and tortures were rare. The areas were it did happen, there was an underlying economic reason for it.

[@alvarotaravillo8260]

@@diegogm4614 cierto, en las leyes de burgos fue un ejemplo en el que los reyes catolicos defendieron los derechos de los indigenas como ciudadanos del reino castellano, aunque después en la leyenda negra se hicieran falsas acusaciones

[@lu881]

It ended in 1834? That's like... recent

[@joseribeiro5894]

Unexpected. Right?

[@lu881]

@@joseribeiro5894 Lol

[@sardoniceheleno.7452]

Yeah, after moors and jews were expelled it lost its purpose but managed to stay as it was a catholic institution, And it was abolished briefly in 1812 when the first spanish constitution was made during spanish occupation by Napoleon's armies. After that Ferdinand VII took back the throne, and it was indeed on 1834, but it had been abolished earlier from 1820 to 1823 in the liberal triennium. After 1824 the triennium ended and Ferdinand VII tried to inplant absolutism again but failed, and the inquisition wasn't extrictly abolished this time, but rather changed to the tribunal of faith, a ''diet'' and ''offbrand'' alternative version of the Inquisition, being finally abolished 1834, when Maria Cristina of Bourbon , the regent queen, accepted bringing back the 1812 constitution and the abolition was done, this time being a final decission.

[@Albanian_crusader]

They stopped killing people in the 17 century. Technically they existed until 1834 but at max they would fine you 20$ for a heresy and move on

[@andevm5922]

Inquisition started in 1184 on the south of France, Lengadòc, not in Spain as requirement of the Catholic Kings.

[@merkel7647]

La leyenda negra española. It was awful, but it wasnt the thing described on the vid. As always, it is way more complex.

[@ancient9270]

Alguien que entiende, los anglosajones nunca aprenden

[@hdejong1295]

I agree

[@starlight9857]

Of course it is. What did you think a 5 minute video would cover?

[@gusfraba9195]

Fué necesaria para asegurar la unidad de España. La "diversidad" es una debilidad no una fortaleza.

[@uberfeel]

Me : Doing normal things. TED-ED : "No one expects, The spanish inquisition!"

[@victorgarciacarrasco9925]

Dont get the meme someone explain pls

[@uberfeel]

@@victorgarciacarrasco9925 there is a old show called the Monty python. Where there was a skit about the inquisition. This is the skit that everyone is memeing around kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZubn2eDm82di8U

[@a.gallardo4321]

You skip that, by catholic doctrine, natives in the americas were protected by the inquisition and missionaries, and treated far better than any other colonial power. And that the Inquisition varied depending on the reforms they had, including being one of the first to drop confession by torture.

[@jimbitsmithers5340]

Jesus: Ok so I want all of you to love one another, follow my teachings and spread kindness, love and peace. *1400 years later* Spanish Inquisitor : DIE IN JESUS' NAME HERETIC!

[@michaeljasonsaputra19991121]

Jesus did say, whoever teaches something false, it is better for him for a stone to be tied on his neck and for him to be cast into the sea. He also warned the Jews against making a change even the slightest in the Law, and so it applies to Christian teaching nowadays.

[@facundocadaa9020]

@@michaeljasonsaputra19991121 so... Drowning is ok(?

[@mamen6486]

@@facundocadaa9020 hhmm who knows, It literally said in the bible, if you're gae you will be stone in the cross, so I'm not surprise if that's the case 😂

[@facundocadaa9020]

@@mamen6486 yeah, or picking sticks. But i had the idea that when JC came all that violent stuff was lefts behind... aparently not forced baptism for long time periods

[@saudkm7698]

The Bible have been changed over time. It's not a reliable source of Information let alone to be remarked as the word of god. We have the final testimony in the original form.

[@lissyemmy]

Spanish Inquisition: [appears in KZbin suggestions] Me: I was not expecting that

[@bartj8058]

Animation 9/10, Historical accuracy 1/10, Analysis -2/10. Hald of the video is not even about the inquisition but the Spanish church. Seeing Umberto Eco at the beginning convinced me that this movie was made to shock not to educate. Also talking about inquisition without mentioning the one from middle ages....

[@piotrtoborek2442]

Ditto!

[@crxdelsolsir]

It worked and it is what was needed to restore Spain. Before you all complain, this practice still exists and it is practiced most by the Islamic religion. Sharia police ring a bell? How about mercy killings? They follow essentially the same beliefs, processes and practices in their home countries as the Spanish Inquisition. You have people secretly alerting authorities, authorities with no uniforms door knocking, unfair trails and biased/partisan legal system. That is how they keep other religions out and why their culture, way of thinking is essentially untouched while that of the West has been eroded. This practice is what is needed to restore and what is needed to maintain Europe if there is such a unity in the will and unity in the preservation of Europe that was just in the last couple of centuries ago.

[@isaiah3872]

The dumbest reason for arrest: hanging linen on a Saturday. Wound that prevent them from attending Mass the following morning? Or am I missing some critical context for mediaeval times

[@matheussanthiago9685]

have you read the old testament? there are entire books of arbitrary, pointless rules that old-timey hebrew were supposed to follow and Christians later on followed 'em to cause reasons

[@azimuth7421]

Hmmm... This is just my guess, I think it has connections with the Sabbath Day, I could be wrong.

[@isaiah3872]

@@azimuth7421 Correct! See my reply just above your comment, the suspicion wasn't entirely pointless. The accused could've been Sabbath cleaning to keep their homes pleasant.

[@al4381]

@@matheussanthiago9685 Catholics don't follow ceremonial Mosaic law, only moral law since that is binding even under the New covenant. Hanging linens on a Saturday would fall under Ceremonial law. I'd like to see Ted's sources on that claim because it's either misrepresented or distorted.

[@rumblefish9]

@@matheussanthiago9685 Well some of that old timey rules are still followed by very strict jewish people

[@hemnos6066]

Great Job and animation Like always By Ted Ed. Great Video Keep it up!

[@el_equidistante]

English anti-spanish propaganda keeps going to this day I see

[@BigNews2021]

Are you saying that none of what's presented in the video is true?

[@TitusCastiglione1503]

@@BigNews2021 much of the popular myth is of the inquisition is heavily exaggerated. Looking up. Actual historians have debunked much of this for years

[@carbonfibercrypto2919]

@@BigNews2021 it curiously lacks any curiosity as to why the inquisition began, a fascinating trend to notice

[@CodeNameBobby]

Its funny to me how they never talk about the Moorish impact on Spain and how it impacted the history of Europe.

[@ireneqq2300]

As an spaniard, you can really see impacts in most aspects (traditions, lenguaje, food... Etc). After all, moors were here for 7 centuries. But a lot was lost in the period of the catholic reconquista.

[@agg400]

Who are "they"? People in Spain know that.

[@basedkaiser5352]

@@ireneqq2300 good.

[@saintmay1952]

@@basedkaiser5352 I second that.

[@TF-km2ls]

Yeah the impact was a strain for Spain. When they were expelled the Spanish Golden Age started

[@kkgt6591]

The logistics of this inquisition is mind blowing.

[@Empty411]

My fav channel of all the others- you've got all the most interesting and awesome vids ever! 🥳

[@read_to_me_a_book_with_samira]

Good video 📸

[@mohamedaboelfotouh]

لا انا لازم اعرف انتي ليه في كل حتة كده 😂😂 البحيري كبريت AJ+ آلاء أبو ذكري و دلوقتي هنا 😂

[@LewisC-iu3hh]

How many “witches” were burned/killed in Protestant England or Germany or Us colonies? Ten times more than the Spanish Inquisition ever did! Viva Espana y el Rey!! 🇪🇸 🇲🇽 ❤️

[@romo9122]

That's true. The protestants burned way more witches. The Spanish however forcefully converted South America and the Asian colonies. Let's not pretend Spain is without blame 😅

[@LewisC-iu3hh]

@@romo9122 I’m half Native American ancestry, my physical traits are Native American, 56% Native American genetics, according to ancestry dna test. My people were never “forced” to convert to Catholicism! Catholicism spread because it’s the only true religion on earth! It spread because people liked it and supported it! Most people who see me would consider me a Native American and I am a proud catholic! The Spanish converted native Americans because they believed we were humans, who had a soul! The Protestants in the US and Canada didn’t even view native Americans as human beings, thus why they genocided 30 million of our Native American people! Spain allowed intermarriage between Spanish, native Americans, Filipinos since 1514!! While the Protestants didn’t allow it until the 1900s!!

[@lauramartin-bk9nr]

@@romo9122 "Forcefully converted" meant ending cannibalism and human sacrifices, which were religious practices all over Mexico, Central and South America. Spain built 350 hospitals in the 16th century for all races (native Spaniards were always a small minority).

[@romo9122]

@@lauramartin-bk9nr Great...did they have a choice to stay "heathens"? Nope, so still forced.

[@Kokudou_Risa]

@@LewisC-iu3hh Lol, Filipinos says otherwise... We are all forced to convert if not, we will be shot or hanged

[@klattalexis]

The cross has always been drenched in blood by the churches, both Catholic & Protestant.

That's true, they used religion as political tool and oppression.

[@romyshusband]

Isabella II didn’t sign the decree, it was her mother Queen Maria Cristina de Borbon, who acted as regent to the then-infant Isabella II.

[@Twas-RightHere]

I love that Monte Python has influenced our culture this deeply.

[@perik7124]

Only in Anglo culture. Fortunately this tiresome phrase is not said or known in other languages.

[@Twas-RightHere]

@@perik7124 Fortunately? That's their loss.

[@this_name_is_not_available6923]

yep and that monty python has left common misconceptions to the ordinary people resulting in pseudohistory

[@jaimepujol5507]

Unfortunately, the existence of this tribunal at least meant people had the chance of a trial, whereas in other places of Europe people had no opportunity when they were accused of witchcraft. Lovely time to be alive.

[@alyimran7657]

Lol. Tribunal?? You must be joking. Three persons declaring each non Christian person a heretic is not a tribunal but a sham!

[@biohita]

@@alyimran7657 the inquisition did not prosecute non Christians... You can't be found heretical if you are not catholic at all.

[@antoniorangel8277]

@@alyimran7657 are you talking about sharia law?

[@Blaineyout]

@@biohita they were tortured until they confessed that they had converted to their old religion, or they could not stand the torture anymore and were executed. (defending the Inquisition is a crime against humanity)

[@biohita]

@@Blaineyout If you are talking about the German inquisition, yes. The Spanish one didn't torture and killed less in their centuries of existance than the protestants did in a single year.

[@hakimdiwan5101]

You can expect Inquisition but you can't expect is TED uploading another video in less than one day.

[@hhellerr]

Even Bentham demystified the supposed cruelty of the Spanish Inquisition in his book: The Panopticon. He went so far as to affirm that never had an institution of justice been more vilified by being so permissive. Look for it.

[@Mswordx23]

Everyone expects overused, cliche Monty Python references.

[@muhammadshehreyarkhan1851]

“You venture to call Ferdinand a wise ruler, he who has impoverished his own country and enriched mine!”

[@ferielmini]

A lot of the north African population are actually "moors" that had to run or/and were exiled, a lot of them came with the clothes on their backs, some even were forced to let go of their children before leaving their own homes, but they established a second home in north Africa and were welcomed by the people, mostly modern day Morocco

[@antoniorangel8277]

The Moors were from Morocco, not from Spain ... their first home was North of Africa, not Spain, they were mercenaries hired by the successive Islamic invasions of Europe, I am glad that they went back home without their looting bounty.

[@irondequoit2931]

Yeah, "moors" that previously had invaded Hispania.

[@aydininal]

It reminded me what is being practiced NOW in Turkey by Erdogan regime. Even worse, they dont allow them to leave but condemn them to annihilation.

[@jeremyjacobs3903]

boy oh boy, I see Jesus all over this. He NEVER commanded his followers to do these hateful things...

[@alans.95]

The comment section just going to be Monty python lines and I love it

[@ender_paul]

I'm a christian and a Catholic at that, but I detest the flawed and despicable use of spirituality as a weapon to wound people of different beliefs.

[@dompuma9620]

Respect.

[@Ricvictors]

I recently discovered that my ancestors fled from Spain to Portugal to escape the inquisition. They were jewish, but were forced to convert to catholicism.

[@sreeja6282]

I really want you to make videos on different religions of the world along with some lesser known facts about them. And if you do, I'd love it if you cover the more unpopular ones first. Thank you ❤️

[@EchoL0C0]

They already did, sorta (minus the "covering the unpopular ones first" part) kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2fHdKulbNmSl6c

[@isaiah3872]

Lesser known fact about Christianity: Many early Christians were martyred for their faith & their remains (bones or objects) were eventually preserved to commemorate them. Today, Christians of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox & Oriental Orthodox Churches still continue the practice, honouring who they regard as righteous men & women (saints)

[@sreeja6282]

@@isaiah3872 😔 the most futile deaths are of those who had to die for the sake of a 'religion', I believe.

[@sreeja6282]

@@EchoL0C0 thank you ❤️

[@ww2expertchannel343]

The Inquisition in Europe was done on the orders of the pope. No where in the bible does it command Christians to do anything that was done in the inquisition. Catholics aren't all christians as well. People like me were persecuted in the inquisition. Catholics have different religious practices and customs as well. You can't call a religion bad just because one branch of it does something terribly wrong because no where in the bible does it command christians to do anything that was done in the inquisition. You are generalizing.

[@kevinfernandes9930]

This Inquisition was carried to Goa, India by the Portuguese as well, targeting Jews and native converts to Catholicism.

[@dompuma9620]

And to the Americas too. Pretty sickening.

[@rimacalid6557]

Muslims mainly

[@saynomore693]

Yes they even burnt down the records of inquistion when they stopped this practice in 1812... Don't know how many poor souls suffered due to this idiotic and fanatic practice.

[@hussienbintalal91]

Did it work?

[@kevinfernandes9930]

@@hussienbintalal91 it did. To some extent

[@solepula]

Looks at the comments “I expected this”

[@gabriel-de8yv]

Nice pfp

[@albertoperez3254]

The Holy Office was a repressive apparatus that caused a brutal delay in Spain, but its history is dotted with myths in a Europe where religious persecution was even more cruel. Compared to the 25,000 women burned at the stake as witches in Germany, to the tens of thousands hanged and then (while still breathing) dismembered in the England of Elizabeth I, it is well documented that during the three hundred years that the Spanish inquisition lasted they were 3000 sentenced to death. (Henry Kamen). The Spanish inquisitors are represented in films and novels as sadistic fanatics who made Spain the most backward territory in Europe and burned an endless number of Jews, witches, Muslims and especially Protestants. It is considered the most terrible and merciless episode of the Catholic Church. Not in vain, the Holy Office was a mechanism inherent to the Modern Age that, unlike the medieval inquisition, responded directly to royal authority, was used as an organ of social control and did not accept as valid the testimonies obtained by torture. And although the number of deaths caused by the activity of the Holy Office in the Iberian Peninsula was much lower than that produced by the religious wars, which bled France, Germany or England during the 16th and 17th centuries, in the popular imagination they are the Spaniards were the only ones who earned the reputation of bloodthirsty radicals.

[@baldarianagrande]

Great video, but if they put "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition" as the quote in the beginning it would've been a step above perfect.

[@Mswordx23]

No... this is an educational channel not a meme channel

[@mooooo1974]

"Thou shalt not kill" > The region - believers Inquisition: So anyways, we started our questionable actions

[@Kitiwake]

Who says?

[@Revivalism23]

​@@Kitiwaketen commandments and Jesus too

[@maje5842]

Do you know what I expected? For Ted-ed not to rely on tired old myths. The Spanish Inquisition is probably one of the most exaggerated myths throughout history. It was not the reason why Spain declined as an empire. While people might remember th British Empire as the Empire where the sun always shined, that empire was only able to do that after years of wresting control of various territory from the Spanish Empire. Bad leadership and other factors are far more likely to have caused Spain's decline. For those here who want to truly know about the Spanish Inquisition, there's this history channel called History Matters that did a video on the Spanish Inquisition and debunked the various myths that is usually said about it. I'm seriously disappointed that an educational channel like Ted-Ed would just repeat long debunked myths about the Inquisition when what the Inquisition did was far less horrible and severe as compared to other similar phenomena of the time. For crying out loud, if the Spanish Inquisition existed today, you'd be better off being tried by them than the legal systems of other modern nations.

[@alejandroojeda1572]

Pfff. I expected more from them to be honest. This is terrible. The worst part is that they have the info right and despite that they fail to put it in context. 1/3 of the prisoners were tortured...2000 deaths....you'd have to be blind not to see it.

[@dkb1124]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eInNd4CEZtCogs0

[@Bejunckt]

TED-ed has some very serious ideological biases they don't really care to try to hide.

[@hoselui]

In 2004, the "Acts of the international symposium: The inquisition" were published, thanks to the opening of the secret archives of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ordered by John Paul II in 1998. These minutes contain the entire Catholic position in matter of documentation on the inquisitorial processes in Catholic Europe where the Holy See ruled in the spiritual field. Thus, the following data was disseminated to the public about people who were burned at the stake for accusation of witchcraft: Germany: 25,000 (over 16 million inhabitants) Poland - Lithuania: 10,000 (about 3 million and 400,000 inhabitants, respectively) Switzerland: 10,000 (over 1 million inhabitants) France: 4,000 (from the 15th to the 18th centuries) United Kingdom: 2,500 Denmark - Norway: 1600 (over 970,000 inhabitants) Spain: 49 Italy: 36 Portugal: 4

[@hhellerr]

The figures of those killed by the Inquisition are established by Swedish and American authors between 800 and 2000. And in the case of Latin America, 46 (most of them foreigners). Regarding the number of slaves, it is estimated that during the 8 years in which slavery was legal, 2600 people were trafficked. And with respect to gold, it is estimated that Spain extracted a fifth of what is extracted today in a single year for 300 years. And Spain kept just over a fifth of all the gold it extracted.

[@abdullahsiddiqui7168]

I could never expect ted-ed to make a video about this