Spanish Inquisition

The Spanish Inquisition is something nobody expects. It happened when a group of Scottish, English, and Spanish Catholics used various torture methods to get rid of heresy against the Catholic Church.

In the early 16th century, to combat the rising levels of religious unorthodoxy, the Pope ordered Cardinal Ximinez to call the Catholic Church's grand army and move throughout the land, and to use whatever means necessary to eradicate non-Catholics. Particulary hard-hit areas were a mill in England and some woman's house, in addition to the entirity of Spain.

Weapons of the Inquisition

 * Surprise, chief weapon
 * Fear
 * An almost fanatical devotion to the Pope
 * Red robes

Reliable References

 * Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia (c) 2007