Spanish Inquisition
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The Spanish Inquisition was an institution that had precedents in other Inquisitions.
The reconquest of Spain from the Moors resulted in a relatively peaceful multi-religious society, but violent antisemitic and anti-Islamic persecution ensued and many Jews and Muslims converted to the Catholic faith or fled.
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