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Result of 500 year old Elizabethan propaganda. Actual historical records show that Inquisition persecution was SO lightweight and tolerant that even ordinary cr

Result of 500 year old Elizabethan propaganda. Actual historical records show that Inquisition persecution was SO lightweight and tolerant that even ordinary criminals tried to get themselves reclassified as religious offenders to be able to get off lightly.

yazzku 4y ago
You obviously don't know history, unless 'lightweight persecution' includes torture in your dictionary. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tomas-de-Torquemada https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tomas-de-Torquemada
- Eleison23 4y ago
  Ah, Encyclopedia Britannica - the British Empire, having established the Anglican ecclesial community in defiance of Rome, mortal ancient enemies of the Spanish Empire. I'm sure they have no motive to embellish black legends about the Romish Church and English Catholics like St. Thomas More and William Shakespeare were perfectly safe to practice their faith and attend Popish Masses and priests never needed to hide from British authorities. Yeah, totally unbiased source, that Britannica. God save the King.
  - Turing_Machine 4y ago
    The Encyclopedia Britannica is a U.S. publication, and has been for well over a hundred years.
  - afc 4y ago
    Seems fairly accurate in this case. You can also read about it in Wikipedia anyway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_de_Torquemada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_de_Torquemada You can see all the references in the article (including but not limited to Britannica).
  - dang 4y ago
    Please don't take HN threads further into religious flamewar. We ban accounts that do that. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33005581 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33005581 for more. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - yazzku 4y ago
    There are plenty of Spanish references too. I linked to one the general audience here could read.
- _-david-_ 4y ago
  The Inquisition had rules around torture. The secular authorities did not.
sshumaker 4y ago
Revisionist history? The Jews who converted to avoid expulsion and (some of whom) were practicing their religion in secret would like a word. https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2430792/jewish/The-Spanish-Inquisition.htm https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2430792/jewis...
Ligma123 4y ago
Most of these people never actually dug into anything, but just accept the popular idea that the Inquisition tortured millions. La leyenda negra, is a concept that doesn't reach many people in the anglo-saxon world It's a lost cause.

yazzku 4y ago

You obviously don't know history, unless 'lightweight persecution' includes torture in your dictionary. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tomas-de-Torquemada https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tomas-de-Torquemada

Eleison23 4y ago
Ah, Encyclopedia Britannica - the British Empire, having established the Anglican ecclesial community in defiance of Rome, mortal ancient enemies of the Spanish Empire. I'm sure they have no motive to embellish black legends about the Romish Church and English Catholics like St. Thomas More and William Shakespeare were perfectly safe to practice their faith and attend Popish Masses and priests never needed to hide from British authorities. Yeah, totally unbiased source, that Britannica. God save the King.
- Turing_Machine 4y ago
  The Encyclopedia Britannica is a U.S. publication, and has been for well over a hundred years.
- afc 4y ago
  Seems fairly accurate in this case. You can also read about it in Wikipedia anyway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_de_Torquemada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_de_Torquemada You can see all the references in the article (including but not limited to Britannica).
- dang 4y ago
  Please don't take HN threads further into religious flamewar. We ban accounts that do that. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33005581 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33005581 for more. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- yazzku 4y ago
  There are plenty of Spanish references too. I linked to one the general audience here could read.
_-david-_ 4y ago
The Inquisition had rules around torture. The secular authorities did not.

sshumaker 4y ago

Revisionist history? The Jews who converted to avoid expulsion and (some of whom) were practicing their religion in secret would like a word. https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2430792/jewish/The-Spanish-Inquisition.htm https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2430792/jewis...

Ligma123 4y ago

Most of these people never actually dug into anything, but just accept the popular idea that the Inquisition tortured millions. La leyenda negra, is a concept that doesn't reach many people in the anglo-saxon world It's a lost cause.