Spanish Inquisition Torquemada 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 (nov 19, 1478 – apr 23, 1834)
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nov 19, 1478
apr 23, 1834
~ 355 years