late- fourteen hundreds. The Spanish Inquisition was a country wide

persecution of Jews for which there are several different reasons as

to why it began. The actual reason, or reasons, that motivated the

King and Queen are not known at this time, and may never be known for

Depending on whom you ask, there are different reasons of that

vary in importance for the start of the Spanish Inquisition. Most

historians seem to stress three important reasons which are: Politics,

Economics, and Religion. My own opinion as to which of these reasons

is correct is that it was a combination of Religious and Economic

reasons. This thought will be expanded on at a later time.

Religion was one of the most predominant reasons given for the

start of the Spanish Inquisition. The Jews and Christians already

hated each other prior to the start of the Inquisition :

"It is inevitable that there has been disagreement between

Jews and Christians: The Christians hating the Jews on account of the

Crucifixion; the Jews contemptuous of a sect which had taken their

Religion and grafted a new one on it."

officials and try and take over or overthrow the government, or even

Limpieza de Sangre. They saw that the only way of ahieving this goal

economic reasons. One must take into consideration the fact that money

killed hundreds of thousands of Jews and took their possessions,

The Inquisitors believed that they were saving the Jews for a hideous

However, the Christians were the ones that were in the position to get

many officials who wanted governmental position that were held by

and to take their money and possessions.

were angry because the Christians took their religion, changed some

than the Christians, and this made some Christians insanely jealous.

the public. If that ever happened, the people might take advantage of

torturing. Some thought that the Jews were causing sicknesses and the

The Government and its religious officials wanted to maintain

The government officials of the time were also a bit low on

they did. We are asked to accept as a fact that they were deeply

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