Inquisition

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History Documentary with no narration published by UKTV in 2014 - English language

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INQUISITION.They said a man was guilty. He had to prove he was not. Or die. "A prisoner in the inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser or of the witnesses against him. But they are threatened and tortured until he accuses himself. By that means they corroborate their evidence. " -- John Foxe, Book Of Martyrs -- This is a saga of nearly five hundred years of bigotry, fear, persecution, torture and death. In more enlightened times, it is almost impossible for us to understand the power and influence of religion in years gone by. It was the cornerstone of every life. It touched almost every aspect of everyday existence. Next to the royalty, the clergy were the most powerful people in the land. To deny them was folly. To deny their God meant almost certain death. In those long gone days, a Heretic was considered to be an agent of the devil. He was to be hunted down and punished. It was the Inquisition that did the hunting and the punishing. If the Inquisition accused a man of heresy, he was presumed to be guilty. It was for him to prove he was innocent. Every possible method was employed to extract a confession. The eyes and the ears of the Inquisition were everywhere. This documentary series tells the story of the bloody and menacing work of the Inquisition, established to combat heresy within the Catholic Church. As the series sheds new light on a dark and bloody chapter of British and European history, we'll hear tales that chill the blood; watch in horror as the flames lick around the Marian martyrs and other men of high religion and unshakable beliefs; see ordinary innocent people fall victim to religious fanatics and psychopaths. Throughout the centuries, people have been persecuted, hounded, brutalised and punished simply because of their beliefs – and it's still going on today. This hard-hitting, powerful series features specially filmed recreations and reconstructions to tell the dramatic stories of how men and women have died for something in which they believe. From the Templars and Cathars, to the bloody Torquemada and the Marian 'heretics', we hear stories of incredible courage, raw savagery and brutal torture that go back almost a thousand years. From the persecution of religions and faiths to the hunt for the mysterious Cathars and Knights Templar, through to the torture and execution of witches, mystics and healers these programmes chronicle bad deeds done in the name of faith. Written & Directed by Bruce Burgess ; An Inquisition Series Productions Ltd. in Association with Like A Shot Entertainment, SBS, UKTV and Viasat

[edit] The Tudor Heretics

England has a rich and bloody history when it comes to Religious Persecution. The religious persecutions started when Henry Vlll split with Rome in 1534 and started his own 'Church of England' with the King being its head. Suddenly, Catholics were persona non grata and arrested in large numbers, suspected of being behind 'Papist Plots' to bring down King Henry. In a reversal of fortune, his daughter, Mary I was motivated by a religious zeal to purge this new heresy from her land, and during her short reign about 290 Protestants had been burned at the stake. Later, in another turnaround, Queen Elizabeth 1 hunted down Catholics once more, and executed hundreds for secretly practicing their faith.

[edit] The Spanish Inquisition

The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition, was a tribunal established in 1480 by Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms, ordering Jews and Muslims to convert or leave. It continued for nearly four hundred years. The first autodafe was held in Seville on February 6, 1481: six people were burned alive. From there, the Inquisition grew rapidly. In 1483, Jews were expelled from all of Andalusia. Evidence that was used to identify a Jew included the absence of chimney smoke on Saturdays or the buying of many vegetables before Passover or the purchase of meat from a converted butcher. The court employed physical torture to extract confessions.

[edit] The Templars and Cathars

It's not clear if the process against the Templars was initiated by the Inquisition on the basis of suspected heresy or if the Inquisition itself was exploited by the king of France, Philip the Fair, who wanted the knights' wealth. But in 1307 the King ordered the arrest of all Knights Templar across Europe and the seizure of all their assets. The Templars had simply become too powerful, too rich and too much of a threat to the crown. Some fled to South West France, some to Italy and some to Scotland, and units of the King's army were dispatched to hunt them down and kill them if necessary. Like the Templars, the Cathars were mostly in the South of France, in cities like Toulouse. The Cathars main heresy was their belief in dualism: the evil God created the materialistic world and the good God created the spiritual world. Therefore, Cathars preached poverty, chastity, modesty and all those values which in their view helped people to detach themselves from materialism. To the Church in Rome, this was simply not acceptable.

[edit] The Witch Hunts

There were many witch hunts in the 17th Century across Britain, with dozens of well known 'witch hunters' scouring the land. The most famous of which was Mathew Hopkins, the 'witch finder general' who was based in Essex. Witches were heretics to Christianity, and the act of witchcraft was considered a crime so foul that all normal legal procedures were superseded, and because the Devil was not going to "confess", it was necessary to gain a confession from the human involved. By all and any means necessary.

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Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4
Video Bitrate: 3 941 Kbps
Video Resolution: 1920x1080
Display Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames Per Second: 25.000 fps
Audio Codec: AAC (LC)
Audio Bitrate: 112 kb/s VBR 44.1 kHz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 44 min
Number Of Parts: 4
Part Size: 1.23 GB - 1.25 GB
Source: WEB DL
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