2007-11-23 18:30:05 · 9 answers · asked by theypissonourbacksandsayitsrain 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
An earlier version of "und you vill sign zee papers, old man"...and what happened to both regimes ?
2007-11-23 18:39:49 · answer #1 · answered by commanderbuck383 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They weren't really nice people but they got most of their rep is based on a series of exaggerated Elizabethan pamphlets published before and after the Armada. The Spanish government turned over captured or shipwrecked English sailors over to the Inquisition for being protestant they were, of course.heretics and the Inquisition had domain over heretics. In fact the Inquisition killed or tortured less then the Protestant activities in the Germanie's.
2007-11-23 18:43:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At the time, the then-power-hungry Vatican was looking for scapegoats for the failed Fifth Crusade, and the most obvious targets were the Muslim, probable sympathizers with the victorious and rapidly-bearing-down-on-Constantinople Seljuqs, and the Jews, with whom the Church was at variance since the Council of Nicaea. The Lutherans and Calvinists, who had valid grievances against Vatican corruption, were additional targets for the Inquisitors, who were responsible to the Archbishop of Toledo (as deputy of the Lord-Pope).
The Seljuqs, cause for the Fifth Crusade, had resumed maximum enforcement of Suroth 4 through 9 (that triggered the First Crusade, only to be relaxed under Salal ad-Din Sultan of Egypt during the Thirteenth Century A.D.).
2007-11-23 19:40:21 · answer #3 · answered by B. C. Schmerker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enhanced interrogation including torture was used on prisoners. People were detained without trials. In the beginning many were arrested simply for being a Muslim. As the Muslims left, Christians who were suspected of having Protestant beliefs were arrested and accused of heresy.
2007-11-23 18:46:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
So you are an advocate of the use of such techniques on political enemies?
2007-11-23 18:33:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, it's not an all bad reputation... for some reason, it brings memories of Monty Python to me...
2007-11-23 18:45:04 · answer #6 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Torturing and killing innocent people has a tendency to give you a bad rep.
2007-11-23 20:19:33 · answer #7 · answered by Sageandscholar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly due to Protestant efforts to demonize them for political and religious reasons. When you examine the actual records of the time, the atrocities were far fewer than most believe now, and in many cases the accused were exonerated.
2007-11-23 18:39:29 · answer #8 · answered by Jim P 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Murder, torture, kidnapping, theft - what's not to like?
2007-11-23 18:34:32 · answer #9 · answered by xtowgrunt 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋