Mexican Inquisition

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The Mexican Inquisition was a tribunal of the Catholic Church established in New Spain to enforce religious orthodoxy, targeting heresy, crypto-Judaism, and other perceived deviations from Catholic doctrine during the colonial period.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mexican Inquisition canonical 4
Mexican Inquisition trials 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic ecclesiastical court ⓘ
inquisition ⓘ
religious tribunal ⓘ
abolishedBy liberal Spanish Cortes decrees ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Central America (parts of New Spain) ⓘ
linked to: Central America

New Spain ⓘ
colonial Mexico ⓘ
archivesAt Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico) ⓘ
Archivo Histórico Nacional (Spain) ⓘ
country Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
dissolved 1820 ⓘ
1821 ⓘ
endTime early 19th century ⓘ
facetOf history of Mexico ⓘ
history of the Catholic Church in Latin America ⓘ
foundedBy Catholic Church ⓘ
Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
hasCharacteristic censorship of religious and philosophical ideas ⓘ
close collaboration between church and crown ⓘ
focus on Old Christian purity of blood (limpieza de sangre) ⓘ
regulation of moral behavior ⓘ
targeting conversos suspected of Judaizing ⓘ
hasMainOrgan tribunal in Mexico City ⓘ
hasPart autos-da-fé ⓘ
ecclesiastical prisons ⓘ
local commissariats ⓘ
headquartersLocation Mexico City ⓘ
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial period in Mexico ⓘ
inception 1571 ⓘ
influenced censorship practices in New Spain ⓘ
religious culture in colonial Mexico ⓘ
social attitudes toward conversos and minorities ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalForm ecclesiastical court ⓘ
royal institution ⓘ
location Mexico City ⓘ
mainSubject Islam (Moriscos) ⓘ
linked to: Moriscos

Protestantism ⓘ
bigamy ⓘ
blasphemy ⓘ
crypto-Judaism ⓘ
heresy ⓘ
indigenous religious practices (to a limited extent) ⓘ
religious orthodoxy ⓘ
sorcery ⓘ
objective control religious dissent ⓘ
enforce Catholic orthodoxy ⓘ
suppress heresy ⓘ
opposedBy Enlightenment-influenced reformers ⓘ
partOf Spanish Inquisition ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
significantEvent first auto-da-fé in Mexico City in 1574 ⓘ
persecution of English and Dutch Protestants in New Spain ⓘ
suppression of certain indigenous religious leaders ⓘ
temporary suspension during liberal reforms in Spain in 1812 ⓘ
trials of crypto-Jews in the late 16th and 17th centuries ⓘ
startTime 1571 ⓘ
subordinateTo Spanish monarchy ⓘ
Supreme Council of the Spanish Inquisition ⓘ
uses censorship of books ⓘ
confiscation of property ⓘ
execution by burning (in some cases) ⓘ
judicial torture ⓘ
public penance rituals ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva → associatedWith → Mexican Inquisition ⓘ
Carvajal family of New Spain → subjectOf → Mexican Inquisition trials ⓘ
linked to: Mexican Inquisition
Carvajal family of New Spain → persecutedBy → Mexican Inquisition ⓘ
Luis de Carvajal the Younger → executedBy → Mexican Inquisition ⓘ
subject linked to: Carvajal family of New Spain
Francisca Núñez de Carvajal → executedBy → Mexican Inquisition ⓘ
subject linked to: Carvajal family of New Spain