The Mexican Inquisition

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1. The Spanish Inquisition was officially sanctioned by the pope in the 15th century. However, the pope did not sanction a formal inquisition in the Americas till the end of the 16th c. What religious position had the power to engage in inquisitorial procedures before the formal founding of the Inquisition in colonial Mexico? cardinal bishop priest cathedral canon

2. What name best describes the inquisitorial procedures before the formal arrival of a papally sanctioned court? informal inquisition apostolic inquisition local inquisition diocesean inquisition

3. Who was the first bishop of New Spain (colonial Mexico) and consequently the first to engage in inquisitorial proceedings? Fray Juan de Torquemada Fray Toribio de Benavente Motolinia Fray Juan de Zumárraga Fray Bernardino de Sahagún

4. Mexico lacked a formal inquisition for many decades before the pope authorized the creation of a formal inquisition modeled on its Spanish counterpart. In what year was this Mexican Inquisition founded? 1571 1580 1555 1563

5. Indigenous people were subject to the formal Mexican Inquisition. True False

6. Both the Spanish and Mexican Inquisitions recognized torture as viable practice in their procedure. What was the 'official' rationale behind using torture in Inquisition procedure? punishment verify truthfulness cruelty absolution

7. Punishments for similar crimes were similar regardless of the social/ethnic/racial status of the accused? True False

8. Inquisition courts were composed of several inquisitors who served as judges on the tribunal. After gathering information on the crime how did they reach their verdicts? submitted their case to Spain for judgement none of these deferred to the most senior member all members cast a vote

9. Modern judicial systems contain many rights for the accused. However, so did the Inquisition, which of the following rights was NOT given to defendants of the Mexican Inquisition? right of appeal right to counsel presumption of innocence right to call witnesses in one's defense

10. Finally, which of the following groups prosecuted by the Inquisition in Spain were not prosecuted in Mexico? they all were witches protestants conversos