My British Empire

Chapter 401 Inquisition

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“The pagans of Germany and France . . . are of Jewish descent.”

The Spanish ministers who were delighted were those who believed in Catholicism. Naturally, they hated the Huguenots from France, that is, the Calvinists in history textbooks, and the Protestants in Germany.

The ministers from the Netherlands region, although they still believe in Catholicism, deep down, they yearn for Protestantism very much, and naturally sympathize with Calvinism and other Protestantism.

The so-called Jews were again charged by Philip II.

Although in the eyes of Philip II, heresy is more hateful than heretics, heresy can shake the foundation of his rule, but heretics are helpful to his rule.

However, in the eyes of ordinary people and those who are not devout believers, Protestants are disgusting, but they are still acceptable.

As a devout Catholic, of course I hate Judaism, the heathen, and the Jews.

Therefore, Philip II arranged all the heretics and heresies on those Protestants at one time, and naturally wanted to occupy the commanding heights of propaganda, gaining the support of more ministers and nobles, as well as the support of those common people.

"Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!"...

Those ministers who sympathized with Protestantism hurriedly bent down and said hastily, calling His Majesty constantly in their mouths, with eagerness on their faces.

The Catholics, on the other hand, watched coldly, standing in place one by one, expressionless, and some even showed joyful expressions.

Queen Mary showed a puzzled look, looking at her husband and the ministers with different expressions in front of her, feeling very puzzled.

"Needless to say, the Netherlands has been defiled, and Spain can no longer continue. This beautiful land cannot be defiled by heretics."

But Philip II didn’t care about the persuasion of so many ministers, the expression on his face was very cold, even a bit stern, he said loudly in spite of everything:

"At present, only God can judge these sinners, Amen!"

His Majesty the King is praying, and the ministers are no exception. No matter how good or bad the mood is, they can only get up and follow the prayer.

Subsequently, His Majesty the King and the ministers began to walk towards the palace.

Along the way, some ministers were bitter and depressed.

They are all veterans, of course they know that the current His Majesty is about to use an institution—the Inquisition.

And those workers don't know that what awaits them in Spain next will be a bloodbath.

Inquisition An institution used by the Christian Church to detect and try heresies from the 13th to the 19th centuries. Also translated Inquisition Trial Office, Inquisition Tribunal.

Aims at all anti-church heresies, and people with heresy ideas.

The Inquisition was established from the first half of the 13th century. In order to suppress the Albigensian heresy in southern France, Pope Innocent III established the church's investigative and judicial institutions, which was the origin of the Inquisition.

When one hears about the Inquisition, everyone must be horrified, and their minds are full of various tortures, as well as random arrests of various women, false accusations of witches, various tortures, and even the capture of scientists and the death penalty in modern times.

But it is interesting that until 1530 the Spanish Inquisition was universally praised as the best and most humane court in Europe. In fact, there are records of Spanish criminals deliberately committing acts of blasphemy in order to be transferred to the prisons of the Spanish Inquisition.

However, after 1530, the Spanish Inquisition began to turn its attention to the new heresy Lutheranism, and the misperception about it may be precisely derived from the Protestant Revolution and the ensuing hostility (between Protestantism and Catholicism) state.

The Protestant countries at that time had printing presses, so they naturally slandered the Inquisitions in Spain and France, and gained the power of public opinion, which created the current impression.

In fact, I also wrote the previous article. In Europe in the sixteenth century, a wave of witches swept the world. Countries burned and killed witches, and many innocent women were implicated.

France and Spain, which have densely populated religious inquisitions, have absolute professionalism. They carefully reviewed witches and found that most of them were fake, but saved many lives.

And those countries without the Inquisition, instead burned and killed witches, for example, England.

However, it is undeniable that the Spanish Inquisition faithfully implemented His Majesty's orders, and still imposed severe punishments on Protestants and heretics.

Moreover, the Inquisition has a great reputation in Spain in dealing with heretics, and even ministers and nobles still have lingering fears about it.

That's why those ministers are so pleading, because once the Inquisition is activated, at least hundreds of thousands of people will suffer throughout Spain.

However, Philip II did not seem to listen. He still met the archbishop of Spain immediately and ordered to cooperate with the Inquisition.

Then, cavalry from all over the country flew in all directions, and the Inquisitions, large and small, received orders from the king and began their work in various parts of Spain.

...

On the streets of Madrid, Ugo is an unremarkable small vendor on the streets of Madrid. He usually sells some daily commodities and supports himself and his family.

Compared with other Spaniards, he barely has enough food and clothing!

On this day, the sun exhausted his whole body, spreading the last warmth in his body, and the sky turned gray.

Seeing the scattered pedestrians on the street, Ugo knew that there was no business today and it was time to go home.

As soon as he wanted to go home, the image of his fourteen-year-old son with a tiger head and a tiger head flashed in his mind, and he was mixed for a while.

The child is fourteen years old, and it's time to find him a wife, but my family is still in a tight situation, and I can barely support three people. If I add one more, I'm afraid I will faint from hunger.

Thinking of this, Ugo glanced at the patrolling soldiers, and cursed in his heart: Damn the tax collector, the **** king, collecting so much tax just to build the palace, regardless of the life and death of us civilians.

If, as Priest Alfonso said, everyone believed in Protestantism, my son would definitely be able to marry a wife.

He shook his head vigorously, came to his senses, and then staggered home with a load on his shoulders.

However, as soon as he arrived at the door, suddenly, several gray-robed monks and a dozen soldiers appeared beside him.

When Ugo saw the gray-robed monk and soldiers, he quickly lowered his head, trying to sneak into the house.

But this time, the gray-robed man walked over directly and arrived in front of him.

One of the gray-robed monks was completely covered in the gray robe, and he couldn't see his face, but there was a gloomy voice from inside:

"Ugo, you heretic who betrayed my lord, you betrayer, you are about to be judged by my lord!"

Hearing this, as a native of Madrid, Ugo's legs immediately softened, his eyelids turned white, and his crotch was obviously yellow and white, and he fell down.

He knew that he was in great trouble.

(end of this chapter)

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