Tomas De Torquemada: The Grand Inquisitor

[@drlarrymitchell]

Monks: Hey, Torquemada, whaddaya say? Torquemada: I just got back from the Auto de fé! Monks: Auto de fé? What's an Auto de fé? Torquemada: It's what you oughtn't to do, but you do anyway.

[@laura1443]

Let's face it....you can't tTorquemada ANYTHING!

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Oddly enough, I kinda expected to see this.

[@jadinrosh7112]

SEND IN THE NUNS!

[@confusedwolf7157]

aaay thatsa a good joke. dis torquemada he's a hard guy to talk oudda anything (apologies to Mel Brookes)....

[@NelsonStJames]

Another great film, that you probably could not make today.

[@yclepe]

Of all the tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under the omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber barons cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” C. S. Lewis

[@ioannispolemarkhos7364]

The worst tyranny then, is the one where people's collective will tells individuals what to do for our own good, though we disagree with them. They sincerely believe how their conscience tells them to vote or to pass laws. It may very well behead thousands or have thousands shot for "the good of the people", but they are convinced that virtue, logic, and reason is always on their side.

[@brentnokes4365]

or..thomas carlyle

[@nicanornunez9787]

So if understood the situation whit presiosion in the order that the op wrote a quote about the Catholic Inquisition of good old Carlyle and attributed to a Catholic writer, if is that the correct facts I can only but remember the "Rightttt" from S. Archer.

[@paaklapi]

This is why I'm glad the Catholic Church's power has greatly diminished.

[@AceTheBathoundProductions]

@@paaklapi Really? That's what they WANT you to THINK... If the truth be known, The Catholic Church's power is if anything, as great as or greater than before...

[@Aaryq]

Torquemada, do not implore him for compassion. Torquemada, do not beg him for forgiveness. Torquemada, do not ask him for mercy. Let's face it - you can't Torquemada anything!

[@laura1443]

I came to the comments specifically to type what you already had.... 😄

[@LPTVLive]

Came to say this. Left happy that it was already said.

[@OmniBedlam]

You beat me to it lol

[@brettknoss486]

@@jadinrosh7112 oh the agony Oh the shame To make your privates public for a game

[@santinoofnapa566]

@@jadinrosh7112 oy, the agony. Ooh, the shame. To make my privates public for a game?

[@mt7able]

“Jedi cannot help what they are. Their compassion leaves a trail. The Jedi code is like an itch. He cannot help it.” - The Grand Inquisitor

[@AlexanderTzalumen]

Did this mean that Torquemada invented waterboarding? because the "water cure" sounds like waterboarding.

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

I love how these things dont change. Back then it was heretics, now they are called terorists.

[@theregalbeagle8855]

I'd like to see a video about the Protestant Witch Hunts of northern Europe. They didn't use waterboarding though. I think they just "submerged" women(or "witches") and if they survived they were innocent..or was it the other way around?

[@cv4809]

@@LocalHeretic-ck1kd Unfortunately waterboarding has become illegal in most Christian countries

[@mattymag2394]

@@theregalbeagle8855 it was that they weighted them with stones and submerged them. If they float up, they're a witch. If they dont float, they arent a witch, but they drowned...

[@theregalbeagle8855]

@@mattymag2394 damn, sounds like a win-win for the accusers, right?

[@manny_menin022]

My request: Otto Von Bismark Maximilian I of Mexico Augustin Iturbide Porfirio Diaz Juan Peron Andrew Jackson Theodore Roosevelt

[@feelsgoodman9751]

Suleiman the magnificent

[@uljssse]

oh I'd like to see a Bismarck or Roosevelt episode.

[@darion8476]

theres a good series on Otto Von Bismark on Extra credits

[@batrachian149]

OP is a literal Nazi. Look at their channel.

[@Michaeljack81sk]

@@darion8476 Bismark ALWAYS had a plan :)

[@surlygirly1926]

Great episode. The Spanish Inquisition spanned so many years, with so many complicated components - that, even as a history buff, I steered clear. However, Simon et al did a top-notch job of presenting a cohesive and informative overview. Thanks!

[@Kitiwake]

Was it accurate? No.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:30 - Chapter 1 - Early life 2:10 - Chapter 2 - Queen's confessor 4:15 - Chapter 3 - The jewish problem 6:20 - Chapter 4 - The inquisition begins 10:35 - Chapter 5 - The grand inquisitor 13:40 - Chapter 6 - The inquisition spreads 15:35 - Chapter 7 - The jewish expulsion 17:30 - Chapter 8 - The end

[@NicholasWoodley]

Brilliant. Incidentally I am seeing in my own life someone using the Spanish Inquisition tactics. Your video has opened my eyes. Love this channel. Thank you.

[@CFITOMAHAWK]

HOW ?

[@junesilvermanb2979]

In the fifteen years under his direction, the Spanish Inquisition grew from a single tribunal at Seville to a network of two dozen Holy Offices. As Grand Inquisitor, Torquemada reorganized the Spanish Inquisition (originally based in Castile in 1478), establishing tribunals in Sevilla, Jaén, Córdoba, Ciudad Real and (later) Saragossa. His quest was to rid Spain of all heresy. The Spanish chronicler Sebastián de Olmedo called him "the hammer of heretics, the light of Spain, the savior of his country, the honor of his order."

[@kca_randy]

"Those who can make you believe absurdities ,can make you commit atrocities ." Voltaire

[@heru-deshet359]

"I am abandoned by God and man! I will give you half of what I am worth if you will give me six months life. Then I shall go to hell; and you will go with me. O Christ! O Jesus Christ!" - Voltaire. His last words.

[@htoodoh5770]

Heru- deshet wtf?

[@heru-deshet359]

Why are you confused? @@htoodoh5770

[@klown463]

KC Atheist liberals should take note

[@htoodoh5770]

Heru- deshet No, it not that I am confused but disturbed.

[@RaoulDuke77]

Some how I just knew there would be Mel Brooks and Monty Python quotes in the comment section, I was not disappointed. Nice job fellow commenters. Lol

[@ZoeAlleyne]

I came here to bring some Mel to the comments section and I was proud to see it wasn't needed

[@kenxclout]

I wasn't originally going to get a brain transplant, but then I changed my mind.

[@theflaggedyoutuberii4311]

Lol

[@TP-tc7vp]

I never wanted my beard, but it has grown on me

[@nejm612]

✌

[@Ziggy_Rotten]

Water cure, sounds a lot like waterboarding.

[@ShinigamiInuyasha777]

Was not consider a torture back then...does it sound familiar??

[@Ziggy_Rotten]

@@ShinigamiInuyasha777 I was remarking on the technique applied to induce compliance, not making a moral statement. So I'm not sure wtf you're talking about.

[@ShinigamiInuyasha777]

@@Ziggy_Rotten Words

[@lovelessissimo]

Waterboarding is the illusion of drowning.

[@umami0247]

Same thing.

[@LostArchivist]

As a devout Catholic, I wanted to thank you for giving an utterly unbiased historical account of a figure I knew little of. We can not learn properly from history if we paint over it. God bless you.

[@billhester8821]

Learn the truth of your church. The creator does not know you.

[@photobobo]

Bless yourself with all of the immorality of your beliefs.

[@Guizambaldi]

Don't kill me, please. I'm a heretic.

[@hannibalburgers477]

What sort of Catholic. What is your opinion about Arianus?

[@wayneresper7761]

God didn't bless any of these people that died under his name...sad how little has changed.

[@andrewmacdonald1103]

What an excellent, well researched video. Much more informative than documentary channels on TV. Well done.

[@VOpopuliUK]

best in the game. facts,

[@pauls9331]

I did not expect it

[@TP-tc7vp]

Hi. My name is no-one. I saw it coming

[@Eagle6676]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[@LouisPhung999]

Neither can I.

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

Nobody did.

[@ricksflicks-]

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[@ElTurbandito]

@10:10 I don't think you understand what "decentralized" means. If you give all the power to one person, you are centralizing power.

[@JayzsMr]

Yes should be centralised, was decentralised before

[@josefpicken]

It's called making a mistake - get a grip man

[@chrstfer2452]

Thanks very much Simon. Love the topics you pick.

[@milan190291]

The Spanish Netherlands. Good job using the right term instead of Holland :)

[@celtichero9]

Milan I am an Historian in America and 99% of People everywhere have no Idea that there are 12 Provinces in the Netherlands and North and South Holland are just 2 of them! GEWELDIG!

[@rock3tcatU233]

Holland doesn't exist, it's just a breakaway province of Germany.

[@nealbeard1]

The Nederlands? Is that where The Cloggies live?

[@a1fromdisc432]

@@nealbeard1 nah that's where the stones live

[@LeahBouley]

It bugs me when some people forget holland is a part of the Netherlands and they arnt really interchangeable from what I’ve been told

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition (Spanish: Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición), commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition (Inquisición española), was established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms and to replace the Medieval Inquisition, which was under Papal control. It became the most substantive of the three different manifestations of the wider Catholic Inquisition, along with the Roman Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition. The "Spanish Inquisition" may be defined broadly, operating in Spain and in all Spanish colonies and territories, which included the Canary Islands, the Spanish Netherlands, the Kingdom of Naples, and all Spanish possessions in North, Central, and South America. According to modern estimates, around 150,000 people were prosecuted for various offenses during the three centuries of duration of the Spanish Inquisition, out of which between 3,000 and 5,000 were executed. The Inquisition was originally intended primarily to identify heretics among those who converted from Judaism and Islam to Catholicism. The regulation of the faith of newly converted Catholics was intensified after the royal decrees issued in 1492 and 1502 ordering Jews and Muslims to convert to Catholicism or leave Castile. The Inquisition was not definitively abolished until 1834, during the reign of Isabella II, after a period of declining influence in the preceding century. The Spanish Inquisition is often cited in popular literature and history as an example of religious intolerance and repression. Some historians have come to conclude that many of the charges levied against the Inquisition are exaggerated, and are a result of the Black Legend produced by political and religious enemies of Spain, especially England.

[@72Yonatan]

Their daughter was the first wife of Henry VIII of England, and she never produced a male heir and suffered to watch other women marry her husband. Paybacks are hell.

[@Kitiwake]

@@72Yonatan Hell...... Interesting choice ending for the subject matter of your comment.

[@thesurvivor75Ejercito]

If you look a the other countries about the year of being kicked out look at this Country France 1182 ,1306, 1321/ 1322 and 1394 England 1290 Austria 1421

[@Gloriaimperial1]

If we look at the death tolls, the Spanish Inquisition (although brutal within the fanaticism of the time) was less brutal than the repression in other countries, even at the same time. -Spanish Inquisition: Between 5,000-10,000 dead, with defense lawyers, judges and the possibility of repentance many times -Luther's Germany: 25,000 "witch" women, burned, sometimes by the anger of the people (16th century). Women only eccentric or "too free" -French wars of religion (16th century): 2-3 million dead in 25 years -French Revolution (late 18th century): 50,000 people guillotined -England (16th-17th centuries): thousands of dead Catholics and other religions, burned, skinned, sometimes with their genitals torn off in public. Hundreds of thousands of exiles to the 13 colonies for religious reasons. -Calvin's Switzerland (16th century): 3000 dead at the stake. A much higher percentage of deaths than in Spain. -Nazism: 6 million Jews dead, and 1 or 2 million gypsies and other people (20th century)... ​Spanish Inquisition or Europe and world Inquisition? ​

[@iiiiitsmagreta1240]

"The Inquistion, what a show The Inquistion, here we go We know you're wishing That we'd go awaaay But the Inquistion's here and it's here to staaay!"

[@joshuhigashikata9201]

I was sitting in a temple, I was minding my own business, I was listening to a lovely Hebrew mass...

[@joshuhigashikata9201]

@@patrickconnolly7385 will you confess? No no no no Will you revert? No no no no Will you say yes? No no no no

[@alisonhershman6721]

Put it in the car!

[@brentanthuenis9875]

A good example of "the worst things are done under the best intentions".

[@theflaggedyoutuberii4311]

You misspelled "under" Dumbass

[@francoisona]

what 'best intentions'?

[@dfiala9890]

@@francoisona Ostensibly? Saving people's souls. Rescuing them from eternal damnation. They may have been wildly misguided, but some section of the inquisitors I'm sure were motivated by authentic theological concern.

[@robertpalumbo9089]

Anti smoking ads

[@lazygamer7469]

Save them by tearing and burning them? BS. When power is given to a zealot, this is what happens.

[@celtichero9]

As an Historian with a Background in Church History All I can say is WELL DONE! Balanced Presentation Great and Understandable Information! This Video should be used in Every Classroom of Church, Spanish or European History!!

[@RickinBaltimore]

The Inquisition, what a show...

[@diarradunlap9337]

"The Inquisition! Here we go! We know you're wishin' that we'd go away!"

[@wcstevens7]

And people still patronize this stinking, corrupt religious scam ( the Catholic Church)

[@JosephDeLosSantos-t3m]

Elizabeth Reign Castillo there’s a lot of pros than cons if you’re catholic like me. Or I’m just rich lol

[@joshuhigashikata9201]

But the Inquisition's here and it's here to stay!

[@ChaseMcCain81]

Yet no one expects it.

[@RH-jl8qr]

Slowly becoming my favorite channel! Ty for your content. Clear, consistent, impartial, informative! Now that’s what I’m talking about!

[@AlexanderIrwin]

lets face it you can't Toquemada anything "Mel brooks"

[@Rattrap007]

Alexander Irwin came for a History of the World reference, leaving happy.

[@JM-fo1te]

That's a burning

[@thomasmccullough7233]

Alexander Irwin Great movie. Jesus! Yes!

[@AlexanderIrwin]

@@thomasmccullough7233 with the exception of blazing saddles and young frankenstein one of Mel Brookes greatest movies

[@brettknoss486]

I think you mean Carl Reiner.

[@jakeharris1357]

"We've flattened their fingers! We've branded their buns! Nothing is working.... send in The *NUNS* !"

[@1804-rev]

Kwame Nkrumah would be cool to do next. Great job on this video though. I'm studying medieval heresy and inquisition now so its a good review.

[@fordstang92]

Torquemada, do not implore him for compassion. Torquemada, do not beg him for forgiveness. Torquemada, do not ask him for mercy. Let's face it - you can't Torquemada anything!!

[@TzarBG]

what da hell is that ?

[@AtlanteanVrilChad]

uhhh

[@iandhr1]

Let all those who wish to confess their evil ways to except and embrace the true church convert now or forever burn in hell. For now begins the inquisition

[@markthomas9769]

In true Victorian idealism, Isabella "reluctantly" agrees to Inquisition; just as Elizabeth "reluctantly" agreed to join African Slave Trade.

[@vehement-critic_q8957]

I'd believe so, but she's a big sponsor of the inquisition

[@mitchellbrown1982]

Simon, you said "ruthless efficiency" in a video about Spanish Inquisitions. I didn't expect that.

[@diegoandrade467]

*Me(A Spaniard)* *slams open door to church* Me: NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION

[@scottperry5918]

Torquemada was a man of his time. True, by modern standards he appears cruel and vicious. By 16th century Spanish standards, he was merely another Church official who happened to have to do the "dirty work" of the Church and of the royals. In later centuries the horrors of the Spanish Inquisition became one of the best "political footballs" for Spain's enemies to use against Spain, and Torquemada became the poster-boy for this certain "political football game." Whenever I apply 21st century standards to 16th century practice I get barbarism half of the time. Did Torquemada do barbaric things by 21st century standards? Yes. Was Torquemada a barbarian? I don't pretend to know.

[@haroldbridges515]

Recounting Church history without knowing the difference between a priest and a monk is like telling military history without knowing the difference between a soldier and a sailor.

[@davidkugel]

Yes, I am not Roman Catholic but I know there is a difference between a friar, monk, and priest.

[@freddykrueger8759]

Do they not both molest children👹😂😂😂😂😂😂🦍

[@michealflaithbheartaigh4139]

One buggers children and one lives in closed off institution with other men ?

[@Kitiwake]

@@mike62mcmanus Yawn

[@Kitiwake]

@@michealflaithbheartaigh4139 we see what interests you.

[@LightAnkou]

Damn I did not expect the Spanish Inquisition!

[@eugeneoregan5559]

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION! NI!

[@Kornknealious]

Every time I see or hear the name "Torquemada" I can't help but burst out in the Inquisition song by Mel brooks...

[@belindaloh1646]

Simon, awesome as usual. Thanks, really interesting about something I didn’t know much about

[@cpfcislife]

I like your videos, so thank you for the content. However, it would be good if your scriptwriter could provide a reference list for the many general assumptions that are made throughout all the videos. I personally would read and explore them, I'm sure many others would enjoy that too!

[@trishapellis]

I agree with this. The general attitude Simon has in this video of Isabela of Castile's true intentions in creating the inquisition and her not having approved of its excess clashes with things I've learned before, but I never had any trustworthy sources - I had my history textbook as a kid in Belgium, which suffered under later versions of the Inquisition and thus painted its creator as a cruel zealot, and when moving to Spain I had the Spanish-procuded tv series Isabel, which makes every decision the queen made look either just and right, "the best she could do under the circumstances", or ultimately redeemable because she was sorry afterward, and I have no clue whom to believe.

[@laura1443]

I asked in a nice way I said 'pretty please'... We bent their ears Now we'll work on their knees!

[@MudderFukker-m6g]

Tan-tan-TANNN!.. No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!!

[@ZiraRisasi]

Read a book on him. He's a great man VIVA ESPAÑA 🇪🇸 🇪🇸

[@somedude4805]

"Torquemada is one of history's most hated figures." Deservedly so.

[@achekzai5852]

Why? All he did was torture some creatures.

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

@@achekzai5852 Cap

[@MegaRBeaT]

Ooooh this is so awesome! Do St. Augustine too!

[@Packless1]

...sometimes the veneer of civilization is rather thin...! :-(

[@Dante3214]

well said

[@lightningonlycommentsonce5824]

Thanks religion!

[@oiiouuu1247]

*the wiener of civilisation is thin

[@josephgurnsey9942]

Your voice is so soothing you make histories monsters sound therapeutic lol

[@americanuscaesar]

“You dare to lecture me? I am the hammer of heretics, the light of España, the honor of my order. I follow none but God's command.” - Tomás de Torquemada

[@G7892]

Gratz First time ever I've seen a rational presentation of Torquemada keep it up

[@Kitiwake]

It wasn't accurate though

[@aspentree242]

I've watched so many of these videos that I've unintentionally fallen in love with Simon.

[@HavaWM]

My husband constantly teases me that I have a crush on him bc I watch all of his channels. 😂 I just really love to learn! Have you checked out his Business Blaze channel yet? He’s a completely different guy on it. It took me a while to get used to, but now it’s my favorite Simon Whistler channel!

[@IndigobluBeauty]

Was in Sevilla two months ago...that water torture you described was actually cloth shoved down the throat with water dripping, forcing the victim to swallow the wet cloth. Eventually having a good amount of wet cloth that had expanded in the stomach that was quickly and forcefully pulled out...

[@CFITOMAHAWK]

aHHH !! nICE....

[@Gloriaimperial1]

If we look at the death tolls, the Spanish Inquisition (although brutal within the fanaticism of the time) was less brutal than the repression in other countries, even at the same time. -Spanish Inquisition: Between 5,000-10,000 dead, with defense lawyers, judges and the possibility of repentance many times -Luther's Germany: 25,000 "witch" women, burned, sometimes by the anger of the people (16th century). Women only eccentric or "too free" -French wars of religion (16th century): 2-3 million dead in 25 years -French Revolution (late 18th century): 50,000 people guillotined -England (16th-17th centuries): thousands of dead Catholics and other religions, burned, skinned, sometimes with their genitals torn off in public. Hundreds of thousands of exiles to the 13 colonies for religious reasons. -Calvin's Switzerland (16th century): 3000 dead at the stake. A much higher percentage of deaths than in Spain. -Nazism: 6 million Jews dead, and 1 or 2 million gypsies and other people (20th century)... ​Spanish Inquisition or Europe and world Inquisition? ​

[@mgomez4662]

Ironic that in Jesus name they tortured people...

[@Kitiwake]

Yep. That's for sure.. but that was just the excuse to protect the state.

[@melange78]

Also that Jesus actually were a Jew and the Christians build their entire religion on Judaism.

[@msshannonigans]

@@melange78 This fact blows my mind. How can they hate Jews?! No Jews; no Jesus. I don't get it. Jesus was a Jew. Ahhh, it's so frustrating.

[@Frst2nxt]

It's key to remember the place of this inquistion in the circumstances of the desperately risky reconquesto. Knowing human nature, some worried that Jews would expect the the longtime Islamic masters to regain power and would stick in league with them out of dread of backlash if they had stuck with Catholics only to see angry Muslims come back to power in Spain and punish them. All these things need to be kept in mind. The children of many involved in the inquisition wrote tens of thousands of letters to Jewish Catholics falsely accused of not really being Catholic and being told to leave the outer act of Catholicism they fought hard to retain earnest practice of. The Spaniards were aware of how crusaders lost the holy land due to inside factions, and after 700 years of occupation, they desperately took 100 years of back and forth steps to freedom.

[@MickyBlutube]

Why on earth are Jews so persecuted? What a huge history there is. Can someone point me to a website?

[@diegomorata2885]

Steve Lofthouse bc they are troublemakers.

[@mosesbrown4126]

Gr8b8m8

[@joelgilmor8558]

Tomas de Torquemada often misunderstood. Very nice timeline. I wished it was produced on a movie.

[@squamish4244]

Tens of thousands of the Jews that were expelled were allowed to settle in the Ottoman Empire. Bayezid II even sent the Ottoman navy to transport Jews to safety, primarily in Thessaloniki, Greece and Izmir, Turkey, but also in other parts of the Balkans and even in Bulgaria. Bayezid said, "Those who say that Ferdinand and Isabella are wise are indeed fools; for he gives me, his enemy, his national treasure, the Jews." So by expelling the Jews, Spain strengthened its most powerful enemy, the Ottomans. Brilliant work, people. And of course, with a now Jew-free Spain, nothing bad ever happened in Spain again.

[@ferblancart8669]

As most jews were artisans I agree with you , but empirically Spain went well from 1492 to 1650 and the inquisition avoid religious civil wars like the French had in that period or the whole 30years wars like in Germany (a third of the population died and a third of the German population is more than 5k heretics executed ) This doesn't mean is not stupid to expell qualified workers But national unity in pre-industrual era was a very powerful advantage to focus elsewhere, new world, Italy, Netherlands the imperial throne...

[@squamish4244]

Well, antisemitism *created* the 'problem' of Jews and conversos and the lack of national unity in the first place, but anyway...my point was more of a general one about humans and about how we always believe that if we just got rid of ________ (select appropriate perceived threat), life would be better. France and England also expelled their Jews, and things hardly improved for them... Spain still got itself involved in endless wars and bankrupted itself in the 17th Century despite the immense inflow of wealth from the New World. By 1700, Spain had lost its dominant position in Europe to France - a good run of 200 years, but still rather short relative to just how much of a head start Spain had on almost everyone else. Then Napoleon invaded in 1808 and whoa, talk about internal strife - the word 'guerilla' comes from the Spanish partisans who fought his occupation garrisons in the countryside during that very bloody time. Spain also lost all of its territories in the New World in the next ten years. By 1900 Spain was one of the poorest nations in Western Europe, and in the 1930s it fought a horrendous civil war. So as you can see, expelling the Jews solved all of Spain's problems forever :)

[@ferblancart8669]

@@squamish4244 hmm, well i think is a bit pointless try to relate the expulsion of jews with the down of spanish power, i mean there no direct relation, theres is a century of difference at least, and many of the enemies of spain also expelled their jews before the spanish did is like i say 'guillotining the king solved france problems forever', or 'abolishing slavery solve all racials issues forever', i get it is irony, but whats the point you are making? why s relevant the 1808s napoleonic war in a expulsion of jews in 1492?

[@ferblancart8669]

@@squamish4244 I agree, and thanks for explaining, I got the impression you only were talking about Spain, but yeah, minority scapegoats/external enemy have been pretty much a constant in society

[@5698-e2d]

The Ottomns were hypocrites, the empire heavily discriminated against various ethnic and religious groups that were under its control.......but not when it comes to a group that largely consists of skilled merchants and thus can make the empire some revenue....

[@miketheyunggod2534]

The King and Queen had a lot on their table. They also granted Columbus his voyage to America. 16:14.

[@HailAnts]

7:15 _”... with ruthless efficiency. _*_Four!_*_ Our _*_four_*_ weapons are...”_

[@TheWolfgangfritz]

Always a very professional presentation. Really enjoy them. Simon Whistler, you have a very good voice and articulate well. You could do lots with that "combo" - teach, lecture, read for audio books professionally; the world is your oyster as they say. I hope you excel in whatever you put your mind to!

[@VOpopuliUK]

Agreed. he's the best.

[@nujeru99]

The fact that Simon (and whomever wrote this episode) are actually trying to paint Torquemada in some kind of humane light because they allege that he “mitigated the torture process” and made the unjust, forceful conversion of Jews to Catholicism more administrative....is both insulting and laughable. Torquemada was a sociopath who oversaw the unjust persecution, torture, putting on trial and murder of countless thousands of people....in Jesus Name

[@gstrikr7]

Years after his death, a mob gathered at his tomb at Avila and looted his bones. They took these to a nearby pyre and staged a mock auto-da-fe, burning his bones and flinging the ashes into the air.

[@deckiedeckie]

The protestant inquisition was much bloodier....

[@Dimetropteryx]

I'm sorry, exactly how many people can I torture before I'm considered a monster?

[@alexcunningham1647]

I think the point is he did not out right support it as a form of punishment and put forth effort to make it more streamlined and to have rule to follow you know so you can't just accuse people you don't like and then torched them to death he was not a monster he was a devout pious man who saw what he was doing as holy work we know its not but they didn't

[@alexcunningham1647]

Rules*

[@Dimetropteryx]

@@alexcunningham1647 Hardly matters to the victim. "he was not a monster he was a devout pious man" Those two have never been mutually exclusive.

[@ShinigamiInuyasha777]

@@alexcunningham1647 But to make it more funcional it make it last for a longer period of time. In a way by helping to make it better, it made the situation worse

[@fourdeck33]

I always find it strange how some people want to judge events of centuries ago by today's standards. There's anti semitism around right now, today. If you're really concerned go do something about it instead of virtue signaling about someone who died over five centuries ago.

[@thewanderingrey8830]

I liked the fact that Biographics went out to its way to present Torquemada objectively - such as stating the fact that he actually was responsible for reining in and mitigating the worst of Spanish Inquisition instead of propagating them and that he standardized the inquisition tribunal proceedings which were probably more consistent and arguably more humane than the "secular" (ie; other European kingdoms) of the time.

[@edwardbeaty8899]

The comfy chair! Now, the fluffy pillow! Let's face it, you can't Torqumada anything!

[@nausicavintan3681]

Do one about each of the Borgias you’re welcome

[@Joefebreeze]

Watch all the biographics videos and take a shot every time Simon says "Ruthless Efficiency". You'll be hospitalized in an hour

[@Biographics]

RUTHLESS EFFICIENCY

[@Fuckethead]

Hospitalised with ruthless efficiency

[@henrikg1388]

But wasn't it just as much about muslim converts as jewish ones?

[@franciscomm7675]

Both muslims and jews were persecuted. Ferdinand and isabella never intended to honor the treaty of granada (1491)

[@thepsymyn375]

Main targets were Jews. Moors/Arabs/Muslims an afterthought. Read the diaries of the inquisitors. They're online on project gutenberg

[@ShinyUnbreon313]

Right. I didn’t hear him mention Muslims once.

[@notsosilentmajority1]

Excellent, informative video............as usual !!

[@tcc5750]

Beautiful. One of the best moments in history and the sole thing Spain has done that I support.

[@BigHenFor]

It's hilarious. KZbin is infected with bots. GIGO

[@Or_Am_I_Alpharius]

Ah, the inspiration for Torquemada Corteaz of the Ordo Malleus

[@michaeltichael]

Thanks for the history lesson. An enforced faith is a contradiction. In Biblical terms, the difference of definition between faith and power is similar to the difference between the Spirit and the flesh. One is Divine, the other, Adamic. One is by Grace, the other by Effort (Ephesians 2:8-9). One cannot accomplish one by means of the other. What a blemish it was, and I can only imagine the judgement those inquisitors will face come the resurrection.

[@72Yonatan]

Torquemada has already faced his judgment immediately after his death, but he might still be going through his punishment for worshipping idols and for murdering all those faithful Jews while he betrayed his faith for power and material comforts.

[@davidturner6995]

“No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise, fear and surprise; two chief weapons, fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency! Er, among our chief weapons are: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, and near fanatical devotion to the Pope! Um, I'll come in again...

[@gdnygma490]

Nobody expects a Spanish Inquisition

[@seankeady8928]

16:24 to put this event into historical context, the next day: August 3 1492, was the day Columbus set sail for the Americas

[@Leatherdog01]

Was this man Hitler before Hitler or was Hitler, Torquemada before Hitler? I think that makes sense lol

[@durelltrago62]

Loved the program. I think you might have meant “Corpus Christi procession”, rather than “prosecution”. Minor point.

[@zacharygratz-lazarus4413]

Is it really less brutal to have made the Inquisition so much more effective-so much so that it lasted an additional 300 years? I take the point that he wasn’t responsible for the worst methods of torture but he inherited that legacy and then found more acceptable forms of horror. You give him too much credit.

[@jirkazalabak1514]

Yes, it is far less brutal. Over the 300+ years of it´s existence, the Inquisition only killed around 4000 people, largely thanks to Torquemada´s reforms. Considering that Spain ruled over millions of people, that´s a pretty low number. It´s still messed up, but definitely not as bad as it could have been. In the slave trade for instance, the deaths of 4000 people would have probably occured over a month or two.

[@carlmoore3215]

At about 15:23 I hear "Corpus Christi prosecution". Should the last word be "procession"?

[@horrortackleharry]

10:07 I think you mean 'centralised', not 'decentralised'....

[@kluse.2329]

Yaw mon

[@ianpearson6053]

Be Pure...Be Vigilant...Behave!

[@ElvenAngel]

An excellent video. Please consider covering Dominico Theotokopoulos (El Greco), Henri Matisse, any of the Pre-Raphaelites and literary figures like Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters or F. Scott Fitzgerald and Giorgos Papanikolaou.

[@DeOmnibusDubitandum76]

Side note (not to whitewash these events in the least): if most Anglos have heard of the Spanish inquisition and it has become a trope in their worldview, this is due to war propaganda. There certainly were other inquisitions, but most Anglos won't be able to mention 2 of them.

[@cmichelle9986]

They weren't believed to be false conversos, many objectively were. Many also sided with the Moors who ruled Spain for quite a while. They were really lucky they had the option to convert as catholicism isn't based on race, but belief.

[@anissueofursincerity]

I like this guy. He is a scholar, not an axe grinder.

[@RickReasonnz]

For all the hatred directed towards Torquemada, Queen Isabella definitely deserves her fair share of it. Disgraceful humans, both of them.

[@cristhianramirez6939]

Isabel of Castille is the best Queen in the history of Spain, go away jew

[@freddycalvin5729]

Talk about a white wash.. he was one of histories most grizzly sectarian creatures. Under his watch countless innocent people were persecuted, tortured , dispossessed of land and property and murdered. Who cares how outwardly humble or modest he appeared? His actions define him ultimately. If anything , historical accounts are too mooted . If there's a hell perhaps he's there. Beast.

[@laura1443]

Sorry Simon; I'm fairly certain we all just clicked on this one just to leave Mel Brooks quotes! 😘

[@nicholasfugosich6045]

@Un-broken and victorious loo l . l Ll

[@hendersongalbreath1072]

"Let's face it: you can't Torquemada ANYTHING!"

[@DarkshadowXD63]

Can you do Thomas Jefferson or Otto Bismarck

[@akr01364]

One thing that tends to be left out of these things is the context of the Reconquista: Jews held a somewhat higher position in medieval society than we think. They were regarded not just as lenders thanks to the usuary laws of the time. But, also as middle men between Christians and Muslims. As such, in Spain with the Spanish nobility having just conquered the country back from the Almoravids it was considered a problem that Jews in the country were of good relation with them. This wasn't all good or all bad. It was simply necessary to maintain relations with the Islamic world and the Jews helped serve that purpose very well. However, in the years shortly afterward there was a paranoia over them given this relationship. As such, many of the Spanish court felt that it was possible that many would try to subvert their position by undermining their newfound authority. This is by no means an endorsement of the Inquisition. It's just a notation that needs to be made that seldom is.

[@lukewyman7595]

Do Michael Collins, the hero of Ireland

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

...who was also the unsung third astronaut on board Apollo 11.

[@alexysq2660]

...hmmmm, "the hero of ireland" is it? that would be panti*bliss then!

[@Hidemyname78]

For some reason, I thought with the title of "the grand inquisiter" he was a man of thought I seem to have forgotten that the Inquisition and being inquisitive are not the same thing 😂

[@jp6234]

"The legacy of religion is division and war" (and murder) Bertrand Russell

[@edeliteedelite1961]

2:04 music?

[@TP-tc7vp]

I totally wasn't expecting this

[@ThreeNinjaDucks]

No one expect the Spanish Inquisition

[@laughingman3777]

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

[@romeohhh]

I was very excited when I saw the number of biographies so I subscribed instantly, then I saw Simon Whistler's face and usubscribed instantly.

[@davidbuschhorn6539]

When you want Wayfarer glasses, but can't commit.

[@lapollod8497]

Excellent - and a nice surprise! (If one can say as much of the Spanish Inquisition...) Andrew Jackson next?

[@Nofsleft]

Hello Biographics, I was wondering if you would consider doing a video on 'The White Death' Simo Haya, a finish sniper with over 300 confirmed kills or Amakusa Shiro, a Japanese folk saint who led a christian rebellion at one point only for him and all of his men to be put to death and become martyrs, at least I am fairly certain that that is how his story ended.

[@furioussherman7265]

Simo Hayha was as badass as they come. He was once asked what he felt when he pulled the trigger and a Russian soldier was in his sights. His answer: "Recoil."

[@elduff6418]

Never forget Mel Brooks doing this guy in History Of The World