The+Inquisition

The Inquisition or //**Inquisitio Haereticae Pravitatis (inquiry on heretical perversity)**// was a Roman Catholic tribunal for discovery and punishment of heresy, which was marked by the severity of questioning and punishment and lack of rights afforded to the accused. The inquisition was an act against all of what is to be known as heretics. Pope Lucius III whome issued the inquisition at the end of the 12th century. There were many types of inquisitions in the world, there was the the Spanish inquisition, Roman inquisition, Medieval inquisition, and Portuguese. The Spanish inquisition was from 1478 to 1834.