Abolition of the Inquisition (1813)

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Abolition of the Inquisition (1813) was a landmark decree by the Cortes of Cádiz that formally ended the Spanish Inquisition and marked a major liberal reform in early 19th-century Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf decree ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
legal reform ⓘ
abolished Spanish Inquisition ⓘ
affectedInstitution Catholic Church in Spain ⓘ
aimedAt ending religious persecution by the Inquisition ⓘ
appliesTo Spanish Inquisition ⓘ
chronologyNote took place during the Napoleonic occupation of parts of Spain ⓘ
consequence strengthening of liberal forces in Spain ⓘ
weakening of clerical judicial power in Spain ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
domain church–state relations ⓘ
judicial reform ⓘ
religious policy ⓘ
historicalContext Peninsular War ⓘ
Spanish War of Independence ⓘ
linked to: Peninsular War
ideologicalBasis Enlightenment ideas ⓘ
liberal constitutionalism ⓘ
jurisdiction Spanish monarchy ⓘ
languageOfDocument Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect suppression of ecclesiastical tribunal ⓘ
legalStatus abolition of institution ⓘ
legislativeBody Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
location Cádiz ⓘ
linked to: Cadiz
opposedBy absolutist supporters of the monarchy ⓘ
conservative clergy in Spain ⓘ
partOf liberal reforms of the Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
passedBy Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
politicalOrientation liberal reform ⓘ
precededBy centuries of operation of the Spanish Inquisition ⓘ
region Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
relatedEvent restoration of the Inquisition under Ferdinand VII ⓘ
relatedTo Bourbon monarchy in Spain ⓘ
linked to: Old Regime in Spain

Spanish Constitution of 1812 ⓘ
Spanish liberalism ⓘ
separation of church and state in Spain ⓘ
significance formally ended the Spanish Inquisition ⓘ
major liberal reform in Spain ⓘ
subjectMatter religious tribunals ⓘ
state control over religious institutions ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
typeOfAbolition formal legal abolition of an institution ⓘ
year 1813 ⓘ

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Cortes of Cádiz → significantWork → Abolition of the Inquisition (1813) ⓘ