Secret Files of the Inquisition - Season 1

Secret Files of the Inquisition - Season 1

Season 1

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DatesFeb 8, 2006 - Feb 22, 2006

Episodes

Root Out Heretics
Season 1Episode 1

Root Out Heretics

France 1308 - The Church of Rome proclaims it's self the one true religion, but heresy takes hold and 
the pope declares a holy war against other Christian followers. Inquisitors are sent to exterminate the 
heresies by hunting down the condemning believers to burn at the stake. 1308 the entire village of 
Montaillou is taken prisoner of the Inquisition. No one is safe - not even the village priest and the 
chatelaine of its castle. From the secret files - the extraordinary revelations of village life under the 
Inquisition are revealed.

Nov 9, 2006
The Tears of Spain
Season 1Episode 2

The Tears of Spain

The Iberian peninsular is a land where Christians, Muslims and Jews have lived in tolerance for centuries.  However by 1468 changes were afoot. The young rulers, Isabella and Ferdinand have proclaimed themselves the Catholic Monarchs and begin an Inquisition. Jews who had converted to Christianity are accused of secretly sabotaging the Christian faith. Thousands perish in a ritual called the Act of Faith.  
In Zaragossa, mothers die to protect their children, the highest in the land pay the ultimate price and the Inquisitor is assassinated, setting off a wave of reprisals. 

Feb 8, 2006
The War On Ideas
Season 1Episode 3

The War On Ideas

Italy 1522 - The decadence of a Medici Pope in Rome outrages the devout priest in Germany named Martin Luther. In the face of the Protestant Reformation, a fanatical monk sets out to exterminate the heresy. On his path to power he will create the Roman Inquisition. And he will become the most hated Pope in history. Powerful leaders of the Catholic Church are arrested and imprisoned, accused of reading books banned by the Church. Free-thinking students are silenced. Darkness descends on the centers of learning and Renaissance. The Roman Inquisition leaves a legacy that lasts into the twentieth century.
Nov 29, 2006
The End of the Inquisition
Season 1Episode 4

The End of the Inquisition

The secret files of the Inquisition are locked away for centuries. A Spanish priest devotes his life to exposing the brutal records of the Inquisition. Napoleon spreads the ideas of the Enlightenment. He conquers Italy, abolishes the Inquisition and orders its files sent to Paris. Spain's greatest painter, Goya, will depict the Inquisition for the first time - and then run for his life. The kidnapping of a young Jewish boy secretly baptized will be one of the desperate last attempts at exerting the power of the Inquisition. A devoted father fights to get back his son. The boy becomes a symbol for a Pope who is about to lose his dominion on earth.
Feb 22, 2006

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