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whole Church; md tAA Jurisdiction was dcrmc l
sufficient to clock the few faeb.o assnjln,,iH
tlse faith who made thoir appearance ut diatn,
Intervals Or occasionally 70 destroy tho in!.ar
latrcd. But the sroat rlui,g Of Tue tlliricant
century caused tsomo to seok mora oilectl,a
lneails 10 'llicnta md ashtlro Aor Bpirit,n
,alc., null thu ropna 1argely ancceottled il
ens for 70 a"soiisf sssS'" ua III en50ssy ea ss',o
Ep'ncornto Ind before euIoycd, In sj,os,
parta Of Ct'rlstondom w1oro Lilo lapnl influcuc
man most rccogntzul aud fully established, th
anpersa'on'or tl.'a mortal crimo waa grn.luali,
transferred to Hpccial tribunals, co.l,pleto];
nador tlsq rowor OF Rome md filled BY l.or viii
her tlt'Hed oniiHsnloa tho strctcst ordor Of tht
Hcarch ont and oxtirpato horottcu wonoyor tic,
appeared Rnd, In tho haulH ot tho lajthfn
DoninicanH. thoy beca.no by degrees tic poricc
iatrl.'nonts OF elaborate oppression and ire.
n aonlpto 81 hoMes "'1Th H. ayo na, yon tho Inqnn
got NJ, III fiance, NJ ao1uo to tho Ahgousinr
crl1sndo mud Under tho ut!sptrey Of ocinly fron
lomc' who received the title an,l rank Of Inu,1s-
| eitofn, It gayo froo scope 10
HACNEDorAt VENGEANCE
| In tho nefgllborlood of Toulouse md Carcas.
ao'lno. From this tima forward tho 1uouisitiou
WIN established in some doErco ii, tho Kingdom !:
i aina, az az ato even us the ni1tecntl, contry, ita
struggles OF French Professionalism. Tho inati
tuition. however, neser attained tlo torfiI1o ro.,.
pctenoks within tho limits OF Francs which il
attained ultimately south OF tho pyrenccs, aud
Eraanaliy M IL became moro aud moro oppoaod to
tho tendencies nlid aimb Of tho French AIo,,ar.
CHI. and to tho gonua md inatinctB Of tho French
nation. Eyan from tho outsct tho Hunao Of
Capot wns jenlous OF purely papal tribunal,
Hu nx.n IN a1ar's9 representative Of tue cy
tho influence Of tho Valois aoyeroiKna increased
aud tho state OF tho Kingdom bocano moro set
tlot, THIS lntorforenco grow mora dcilniso and,
% aa early n ss tto reiGn Of Horny H.. tho rarlia
1nqaiaition as n lawful Jurisdiction. It is uu-
necessary TO aay tEat iii tho following co.tury,
when Louis NV. became absolute, tho oxistouco
or Hucli an authority in France would hayo been
,noerablo ~ to tho arrogant moarch aud, before
c!orgy to the Gallican rights, tho indirect efroct
OF tho Hugnenot nloremont. and tho vigorous
struggle Of tho French intellect agninst H,,por-
stition and tho domination Of tho Church, Ind
brought tho in9u'storial rogimo to m oud. No
trace Of tho institution, wn think, Bufriyod the
folgn OF t1enly ~. slltl tho nation
nAlrlLY ESCAPED,
IN this way, ono Of tho worst cyi9a whict, could
blight ity cnergleu. Yet tho prosecutions Of sey-
oral Of tho Bourbon Kings wero only less grieyous
Than that OF Homc. and when VIC roncct on tho
Revocation Of tho Etlict OF Nantes, on tho Drag
onnadcs, on tho frightful massacrcs in tllo
CoEen1ias and OIL the crnoltios OF french Disll-
ops and parliamontB, oven in Tho later years Of
tho eighteenth century. we cease to wonder Tint
tho Revolution. which followed was married. by e
ferocous spirit.
Wo mnst paB5 however, from Franco to Srain
10 witnoas tho most rortentors calamtics which
superstition could effect In Europe. The north
tratea in tho thirteenth CENTURY by tho hercsics
Of LnEgncdoc md Provence; nutl, during tho
pontit3cate Of lnnocout III, tl,s populations Of
Aragcn aud Castillo wore RI vohomontly opposed
70 tho lso'nsl priesthood as those Of Montanba..
Nnrbonne, aud Abb. The 1nquisition was intro
d,,cod INTO Spatn betweon 1880 aud 1910. and for
somo tlno It mndo its Influence felt from tho
Ahsnrian hills to thu p1niHs Of Vnloncia, though
IT got kept behind tho Sierra AIorona tho border
land Of tho Moorish Provinces. Its operation,
lowoyor, was not 30 ruthless rs It had been bo- |
yond tho pyrcnoes; and tho people, and oyon
the nobloB, OF Aragon, In possession Of liberties
greater than those OF most communities in tho
middle Ages,
RESENTED FlEnGELy
what they Justly deemed q daring subyorson Of |
their independence The power OF the tribunal |
was fooblo in Spain until tho consolidation OF |
tho fo,,lal aoyereigntioa led to cr1leade against
tho tnildols Of tho South, and ne hear but littlo
Of tho Holy Oliice boforo the closing wears Of |
tho tlfteallth century, when wc find It entab- |
isl1cd n full r'gor in tho united realms of Fer
anand and isabella. Even these yotarics OF |
Rome, however. appear to hare looked with
doubtful Dyes at tue ilnnunttss OF the Papal H.
Df tho state BY gtlpn'ating tint 1ay Assonsora
should sit Bido by gido with tho encortsotn
jndgos; aud tho cortcs Of Arngon aud Castillo
alike protested against What they aolcnln1y do
ives. From this t1mo. nevertheless dates tint
rlghtfui reign OF religious Intolerance which
or two centuries was tho rcproach Of Spain, and
no most .s conspicuous agent in which was tho
'ictims. Of tho Holy Office wore the Jowa, Who
''irlng long ages had occupied some Of the boat
,arta OF Spaln, md Ind largely added to tho
y:alth Of tho country by tho trade they n,ni1l-
aimed between tho Mooro and Chrlstinns. At
he instigation OF tho notorious 1orauon,aaa,
housandb Of thia unhappy raco woro
tstMoLATED At THE STARE
thousands also pershod in llideous ttungoons
ND the persecution became 40 intenso that
ra having o.thcr, for tho ut' most mart, zone
trough tho form OF nbjnring their fatl, or
,aving tlod from the lind Of Blood.
;uch. too, or nearly co. WIS the fato Of
to large aud tionrishipg Moorish populu-
ll!ls Of Granada and Anlal,sia, and whose cul-
llrc in still attested by noblo monuments OF an-
lont art for 100 years they werc nssnilcd by ali
hat cruelty aud bad faltl, could doyi.o; mud
not vt conspicuous instance Of tho r,1inons folly
It Spanish superstition. Lv similar mean. tho |
ahccnt ohorgies Of proteatantA woro destroyed
= S,psln. nt tlo great crisla Of tho Reformation
AAi ~ tAlo EluSu u t1iG biAtecnlu century. tho
ucccaaful IMqnisitora boastcd that l1oresy could
ot , rear ts bend within TUG realm Of tho Catho-
c King. The victory Of the Church. however,
yer Jews, 1nfiaela. and Lutlerans, did not
Nt IN end to the friehtful activity Of
ao institution. which had achieved such
'onders. within the Spanish Peninsula.
hilp IT,. in tile early part Of Lis reign, lad
,rooyed any constitutional restraints on tho {
ction of Ills fayoiite tribunal; and for moro |
aa,, centnry after his death tho 1nq,,isition,
ontrolled only by Grand 1nquisitor noln-- {
ased by the Crown, upheld tho Faith
6pain by rcnlorsoiess punishment, ,
I'd often exaggerated by Its atrociot1a lccds tbo
olicy Of repreHsion suggested from llo1no. {
'h.lo tho Reformation had triumphod in
nGfnnd, atld its spirit. had largoly noryadod q
ranco aud Northern Germany, tic llideoua
'ectacles Of the 0a'o da il wero anite common
cordora md Seville; ana tho Holy Onice is i
u 10 8
HAVE MADE 391 ,00U VICTIMS
,foro It ceasad to llrn aud destroy. It mnat i
added thas, IN later tltnoB. tho popular aenti-
ent largely fell III with these horrible oxcossea
blood, aud welcomed tho sight OF Tho lerotio q
the stalks with ferocoua gioo no complaint t
a. Al. l