Black Legend of the Spanish Inquisition: Difference between revisions

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The '''Black Legend of the Spanish Inquisition''' is the hypothesis of the existence of a series of myths and fabrications about the [[Spanish Inquisition]] used as propaganda against the [[Spanish Empire]] in a time of strong military, commercial and political rivalry between European powers, starting in the 16th century. According to its advocates, [[Protestant Revolutionary propaganda]] depicted inquisitions of [[Catholic monarchs]] as the [[epitome]] of human barbarity with fantastic scenes of tortures, witch hunting and evil friars. Proponents of the theory see it as part of the [[Spanish Black Legend]] propaganda, as well as of [[Anti-Catholicism|Anti-Catholic propaganda]], and one of the most recurrent Black Legend themes.