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= = =The Spanish Inquisition = =Established in 1480 by King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella I, the Spanish Inquisition was a ecclesiastical tribunal, the purpose of which was to hunt down, torture, and execute anyone who was not Catholic. The victims of the Inquisition, many of which were burned at the stake, are estimated to have numbered a hundred and fifty thousand. The actions of the Spanish Inquisition comprised the greatest act of religious persecution in history until the Holocaust, hundreds of years later. = = = = =