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November 23, 1826
Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Account of the Spanish Inquisition's brutal impact in Seville and Andalusia around 1520, including thousands burned at the stake, mass reconciliations and banishments, suspicions of erudite individuals, executions for witchcraft, and expulsions of Moors and Jews.
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Inquisition.—In the year 1520, forty years after the Inquisition had been established in Seville, the persons burnt in that Archbishoprick alone, exceeded 4000, and the reconciled and banished, amounted to 100,000 in only Andalusia, where more than 5000 houses remained shut, whose inhabitants either in one way or other, had been exterminated by it. Every one was suspected, who possessed the smallest erudition, or professed any other than the Aristotelian philosophy. Thirty thousand females charged with witchcraft, were put to death by the Inquisition. A million of Moors and 800,000 Jews banished—the children taken from their parents as soon as born to be baptised.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Extraordinary Event
Tragedy
What themes does it cover?
Catastrophe
Misfortune
Tragedy
What keywords are associated?
Spanish Inquisition
Seville Persecution
Witchcraft Executions
Moor Banishment
Jew Expulsion
Andalusia Inquisition
Where did it happen?
Seville, Andalusia
Story Details
Location
Seville, Andalusia
Event Date
1520
Story Details
The Inquisition in Seville burned over 4000 people, reconciled and banished 100,000 in Andalusia, shut 5000 houses, suspected the erudite, executed 30,000 women for witchcraft, and banished a million Moors and 800,000 Jews, separating children for baptism.