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  2. Inquisition - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Spanish Inquisition - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Venetian Holy Inquisition - Wikipedia

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    The Venetian Inquisition, ... It was established in the 16th-century and was abolished in 1797. [1] History ... The history of the government of Venice: wherein ...

  5. History of Spain (1808–1874) - Wikipedia

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    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divided between the constitution's liberal principles and the absolutism personified by the rule of Ferdinand VII, who repealed the 1812 Constitution for the first time in 1814, only to be forced to ...

  6. Spain under Joseph Bonaparte - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Mexican Inquisition - Wikipedia

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    The Mexican Inquisition was an extension of the ... auto de fe and banned from New Mexico for 10 years and government service ... first abolished by decree in 1812. ...

  8. Félix María Calleja del Rey - Wikipedia

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    He abrogated the Spanish Constitution on May 14, 1814, and reestablished government institutions as they had been in 1808. By a decree of July 21, 1814, he reestablished the Inquisition. On May 19, 1816 he authorized the Jesuits to return to Mexico, who had been expelled in the late eighteenth century.

  9. Medieval Inquisition - Wikipedia

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    The first medieval inquisition, the episcopal inquisition, was established in the year 1184 by a papal bull of Pope Lucius III entitled Ad abolendam, "For the purpose of doing away with." It was a response to the growing Catharist movement in southern France .