2027 x 2875 | Where would we have been today if the progress of our human evolution would not have been stalled for centuries? What made the Spanish Inquisition so horrible? Well, nobody expected it; the brutal period of religious persecution, torture and burning at the stake raged for over 350 years. The Spanish Inquisition, was established in 1478 under the reign of Ferdinand II of Aragon, to "purify" Catholicism in all their territories, acting as a tribunal to identify heretics and bring them to "justice". Unlike other inquisitions, this one was controlled by the crown and not the church. Originally, the Inquisition was to ensure that those who had converted to Catholicism from Judaism o...