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To: Gandalf_The_Gray

That isn’t the dress of any religious. There are many paintings from the period which accurately portray the dress of the time. It’s important to remember that the Spanish Inquisition was independent from the Church and not under the control of the Pope.


21 posted on 05/25/2008 6:01:24 PM PDT by visualops (artlife.us . nature photography desktop wallpapers)
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To: visualops

Oh, Please, the inquisitions of France and Spain had full support from the Pope and he even struck coins to celebrate soe of the murders of entire groups of people.


22 posted on 05/26/2008 5:09:32 AM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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