HIST301Y
The Spanish Inquisition
History
BC
Subject code
HIST
Course Number
301Y
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
K. Melvin
Course Long Title
The Spanish Inquisition
Cross Listed Courses
Description
Were witches and heretics really tortured in the Spanish Inquisition's infamous jails? This course examines both the institution of the Spanish Inquisition and the lives of those who came before it. Students read and analyze original Inquisition cases as well as consider the ways historians have used cases to investigate topics such as sexuality and marriage, popular beliefs, witchcraft, blasphemy, and the persecution of Jewish and Muslim people. The sins that concerned the Inquisition depended on the time and place, and the crimes prosecuted in sixteenth-century Spain or eighteenth-century New Spain reveal a great deal about early modern (ca. 1500-1800) culture and society.
Modes of Inquiry
Analysis and Critique [AC], Historical and Social Inquiry [HS]
Writing Credit
W2
Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements
(History: European), (History: Early Modern), (History: Latin American)
GEC This Course Belongs To
-
Class Restriction
Exclude First Years
Offering Frequency
Normally offered every other year