Day 5: Spanish Inquisition

            My final stop in my European tour is Spain, where there currently is a Spanish Inquisition taking place.  They have put in place a Censorship policy that is impressive on paper, but pathetic in practice.  I was reading their proposals, and it seemed very notable to me.  However, those thoughts immediately changed when I physically saw the Inquisition in real practice.  The Censorship policy is only operational in Castile and Leon which leaves all other parts of Spain free from the inquisition’s grasps.  In addition, Censorship is more applicable in large cities rather than the country side because it was more effective in the cities with the bureaucratic infrastructure.  In the country side however, it was not uncommon for inquisition supports to go into mountain villages to convert heretics.  The inquisition is received violent punishment for their actions, however, they also gave punishment to others.
            The general reality of the inquisition was the disconnect between the reality and the myths of the inquisition. The main purpose of the Inquisition was to intimidate heretics from their heresies.  The general reality also is the inquisition was rather lenient than the myths of the severe treatments of heretics.
            As I finish my tour around Europe, after witnessing events from Italian Renaissance and Humanism, to Northern Renaissance and Christian Humanism, to Reformation and a Counter-Reformation, as well as an inquisition, I have gained an extensive amount of knowledge and experience; I am so privileged to have been a part of such historical events!

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