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HIS 349 - The Inquisition: Myth and History

Three Credits
Not Offered 2019-2020

Explores the myths and history of the Inquisition as a social, political and religious institution in Europe, the Americas, and in Goa, India, from its Medieval inception to its final abolition in the nineteenth century. Students will seek to understand why it was created, how it functioned, the impact it had on the societies that sustained it, and why it was finally abolished.

General Education Attribute(s): Catholic Intellectual Traditions
Course Applies to: Latin American & Caribbean Studies (with permission of the LACS Program Director).
Note: Considered a European and World History.