Re: The Spanish Inquisition
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Originally Posted by Mynydd
Abuses by the Inquisition would have met with foral resistance.
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Exactly. It was not some all powerful institution that nobody could touch. Also the Inquisition was one of the first courts in Europe to have it so that the accused could have attorney present, and would be provided an attorney if the accused could not afford one. The accused could also cross-examine witnesses who made accusations against them. Forget whether this was the Roman or Spainish inquisition, but the Inquisition did lay the foundations for our modern court systems.
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