Auto-da-fé

Autodafé (Portuguese auto -da- fé, "good faith judgment", from Latin actus fidei, " faith " ) refers to the proclamation and enforcement of a judgment of the Spanish Inquisition or the Portuguese Inquisition. The Inquisition could condemn or acquit the accused of heresy. If convicted the convicted person was publicly burned usually at the stake. With Autodafé also accelerate the burning of heretical books is called.

Historical Significance

The first auto da fe of the Spanish Inquisition and Castilian probably took place on February 6, 1481 held in Seville, other sources give January 6, 1481st 1483, the effective range of the Royal Inquisition was extended to the Kingdom of Aragon. The Inquisitor Tomás de Torquemada led the management of the Inquisition in joined by the marriage of Isabella and Ferdinand II rich. In 1484 he traveled to and lived in Zaragoza Aragon an auto da fe at.

The carnival -like staged show trials of the Spanish Inquisition consisted of the creed of the court, the verdict, and then the execution.