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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 6: Prof. Paola Tartakoff - The Papal Inquisition in Spain

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The Origins of the Inquisition

The first institution known as a medieval inquisition was established in 1231 by Pope Gregory the ninth. But it had nothing to do initially with Jews or conversion. It was an institution that was intended to eradicate heretical Christians, weed them out of the Christian flock.

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