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By decree of Napoleon's government in 1797, the Inquisition in Venice was abolished in 1806. [217] In Portugal, in the wake of the Liberal Revolution of 1820, the "General Extraordinary and Constituent Courts of the Portuguese Nation" abolished the Portuguese Inquisition in 1821.
The Inquisition was first abolished during the domination of Napoleon and the reign of Joseph Bonaparte (1808–1812). In 1813, the liberal deputies of the Cortes of Cádiz also obtained its abolition, [ 191 ] largely as a result of the Holy Office's condemnation of the popular revolt against French invasion.
The Venetian Inquisition, formally the Holy Office (Latin: Sanctum Officium), was the tribunal established jointly by the Venetian government and the Catholic Church to repress heresy throughout the Republic of Venice. The inquisition also intervened in cases of sacrilege, apostasy, prohibited books, superstition, and witchcraft.
The king appointed a government, whose leaders formed an enlightened group which adopted a reform program. The Inquisition was abolished, as was the Council of Castile which was accused of anti-French policy. He decreed the end of feudal rights, the reduction of religious communities and the abolition of internal customs charges.
The list of autos de fé that Almeida cites was created by Inquisition officials in 1774; it is also fragmentary and does not cover the whole time of the organization's activity. [ 88 ] According to Henry Charles Lea, [ 89 ] between 1540 and 1794, the courts of Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra and Évora burned 1,175 people alive, burned the effigies of ...
The official period of the Inquisition lasted from 1571 to 1820, with an unknown number of individuals prosecuted. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although records are incomplete, one historian estimates that about 50 people were executed by the Mexican Inquisition. [ 3 ]
The Medieval Inquisition was a series of Inquisitions (Catholic Church bodies charged with suppressing heresy) from around 1184, including the Episcopal Inquisition (1184–1230s) and later the Papal Inquisition (1230s).
Spain in the 19th century was a country in turmoil. Occupied by Napoleon from 1808 to 1814, a massively destructive "liberation war" ensued.Following the Spanish Constitution of 1812, Spain was divided between the constitution's liberal principles and the absolutism personified by the rule of Ferdinand VII, who repealed the 1812 Constitution for the first time in 1814, only to be forced to ...