CHAPTER XXXVI.

OF THE INQUISITION IN SPAIN.

Institutions and legislation founded on intolerance--Causes of the rigor displayed in the early times of the Inquisition--Three epochs in the history of the Inquisition in Spain: against the Jews and Moors; against the Protestants; against the unbelievers--Severities of the Inquisition--Causes of those severities--Conduct of the Popes in that matter--Mildness of the Roman Inquisition--The intolerance of Luther with respect to the Jews--The Moors and Moriscoes, 203