Lil Help, Please?

[Tom Collins]

I've been searching all day, and can't find the answer to my question. I realize that might, in and of itself, be my answer, but I want to ask here incase someone might know.

I need to know if there's a specific name for the period of the Spanish Inquisition, 1478-1834, other than the Spanish Inquisition. I thought that it was the Dark Ages, but after looling that up I found that it was a 500 year period ending roughly around 1000AD, not a match. Does anyone know if this time period has a name along the lines of the Dark Ages?



I wonder who'll be the first to do the Python bit...

 

[drksideofthemoon]

I've been searching all day, and can't find the answer to my question. I realize that might, in and of itself, be my answer, but I want to ask here incase someone might know.

I need to know if there's a specific name for the period of the Spanish Inquisition, 1478-1834, other than the Spanish Inquisition. I thought that it was the Dark Ages, but after looling that up I found that it was a 500 year period ending roughly around 1000AD, not a match. Does anyone know if this time period has a name along the lines of the Dark Ages?



I wonder who'll be the first to do the Python bit...

Well, if memory serves me, the Inquisition took place during the Renaissance...

 

[Equinoxe]

It does not, particularly, have a name. The Spanish Inquisition covers several periods in European (and World) history, beginning in the Renaissance at the end of the Reconquista and continuing through till the Industrial Revolution. The only overarching periodisation for that entire time frame is the Early Modern period and even that is inappropriate towards the end of the Spanish Inquisition (the last 50 years or so).

 

[Tom Collins]

So, you don't think there is a "dark" name for the period, other than the Inquisition? You know, something that sounds ominous and scary?

 

[Tom Collins]

It does not, particularly, have a name. The Spanish Inquisition covers several periods in European (and World) history, beginning in the Renaissance at the end of the Reconquista and continuing through till the Industrial Revolution. The only overarching periodisation for that entire time frame is the Early Modern period and even that is inappropriate towards the end of the Spanish Inquisition (the last 50 years or so).

Hmmm...that's pretty much the conclusion that I've come to during my research today. I just wanted to be certain that I wasn't missing something.

Bugger...that's going to change the whole feel of that sentence. I'm gonna have to fix it somehow.

Thanks, guys. Y'all are jems.

 

[slyc_willie]

Well, if memory serves me, the Inquisition took place during the Renaissance...

Well, yes and no . . . .

The terms Dark Ages, Middle Ages, and so forth are all subjective. But as a student of history, with a degree in such, hopefully I can clear this up a bit.

The Dark Ages never really existed. That is a function of ignorant Western thinking. There was much more going on from the period of 450 ad to 1200 ad than is popularly believed.

The Middle Ages are categorized into the Early, Real and Late Middle Ages. 'Early' beginning with the reign of Dagobert IV and ending with the crowning of Charlemagne at around 800 AD. 'Real' beginning with Cahrlemagne and ending with the Fourth Crusade (AD 1290 or so), and 'Late' beginning there and going on until the rise of the Renaissance (@ AD 1430).

So, technically, the Spanish Inquisition took place during the Renaissance. However, the Inquisition itself has roots going back to the Catholicism of the Roman Empire . . . .

 

[MrsDeathlynx]

The easiest way to figure it out would be to look up what period Henry VIII ruled during, then see what it was called. Most Renaissance Faires base their stuff on Queen Elizabeth who was his daughter, which so happens to be in the late 1500's I believe. But I believe it is called the Renaissance, or you could go to even more broad terms and call it Medieval.

I do not believe the Spanish Inquisition is used to describe a period in time itself, I believe it is more of a long spanning series of events. I have never heard it used to describe anything other than what it refers to, basically a holy conquest which would not make it a period in time but much akin to what everyone calls the crusades.

After looking up the term Renaissance one of two things can be used for the time period in question.

Middle Ages (start of that time period but not whole thing)
Renaissance

Sorry, am somewhat of a history geek...

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/middleages.html

 

[MrsDeathlynx]

You must have been typing at the same time as me Slyc, demmit >< lol

 

[Tom Collins]

Well, yes and no . . . .

The terms Dark Ages, Middle Ages, and so forth are all subjective. But as a student of history, with a degree in such, hopefully I can clear this up a bit.

The Dark Ages never really existed. That is a function of ignorant Western thinking. There was much more going on from the period of 450 ad to 1200 ad than is popularly believed.

The Middle Ages are categorized into the Early, Real and Late Middle Ages. 'Early' beginning with the reign of Dagobert IV and ending with the crowning of Charlemagne at around 800 AD. 'Real' beginning with Cahrlemagne and ending with the Fourth Crusade (AD 1290 or so), and 'Late' beginning there and going on until the rise of the Renaissance (@ AD 1430).

So, technically, the Spanish Inquisition took place during the Renaissance. However, the Inquisition itself has roots going back to the Catholicism of the Roman Empire . . . .

Right...so the answer's still, "no." LOL There is no "dark" name for the period of the Spanish Inquisition from 1478-1834. The only term that can be used to seperate that specific time period is, "the Spanish Inquisition."

Correct?

 

[Equinoxe]

Hmmm...that's pretty much the conclusion that I've come to during my research today. I just wanted to be certain that I wasn't missing something.

Bugger...that's going to change the whole feel of that sentence. I'm gonna have to fix it somehow.

Thanks, guys. Y'all are jems.

It does have a certain quaint Victorian charm and appropriateness to think of Dark Ages and the Inquisition (along with witch-hunts), but the time frame isn't quite the same.

For my part, you are welcome.

The Dark Ages never really existed. That is a function of ignorant Western thinking. There was much more going on from the period of 450 ad to 1200 ad than is popularly believed.

I cannot express how strangely pleased I am to see someone say "The Dark Ages never really existed."

It's all Petrarch's fault.

 

[slyc_willie]

Right...so the answer's still, "no." LOL There is no "dark" name for the period of the Spanish Inquisition from 1478-1834. The only term that can be used to seperate that specific time period is, "the Spanish Inquisition."

Correct?

Well, if you want to get REALLY technical . . .

There is the Early, Middle, and Late Renaissance. The Early conforms to certain 'returns' to classical architecture and the influences of the East as pioneered by explorers such as Marco Polo.

The Middle deals more with the evolution of those influences, and is when such masters as Michaelangelo and DaVinci made their presences known. That would be the time frame in which the Spanish Inquisition became prominent.

Lol . . . in answer to your original question, there really isn't any specific time frame to which you can assign the Spanish Inquisition. It began in the Early Dark Age and grew to power in the Middle Renaissance. Best answer I can give you.

*even though there was no Dark Age *

 

[Tom Collins]

It does have a certain quaint Victorian charm and appropriateness to think of Dark Ages and the Inquisition (along with witch-hunts), but the time frame isn't quite the same.

For my part, you are welcome.



I cannot express how strangely pleased I am to see someone say "The Dark Ages never really existed."

It's all Petrarch's fault.

Well, if you want to get REALLY technical . . .

There is the Early, Middle, and Late Renaissance. The Early conforms to certain 'returns' to classical architecture and the influences of the East as pioneered by explorers such as Marco Polo.

The Middle deals more with the evolution of those influences, and is when such masters as Michaelangelo and DaVinci made their presences known. That would be the time frame in which the Spanish Inquisition became prominent.

Lol . . . in answer to your original question, there really isn't any specific time frame to which you can assign the Spanish Inquisition. It began in the Early Dark Age and grew to power in the Middle Renaissance. Best answer I can give you.

*even though there was no Dark Age *

Alrighty...that's the conclusion that I'd come to.

*growling* Now I just need to figure out how to change that sentence and still have it work as well as it does now.

Thanks, y'all.




Willie...*distracts you with a and snatches your towel*

 

[slyc_willie]

Alrighty...that's the conclusion that I'd come to.

*growling* Now I just need to figure out how to change that sentence and still have it work as well as it does now.

Thanks, y'all.




Willie...*distracts you with a and snatches your towel*

All this . . . for ONE SENTENCE?

Lol . . . gimme back my towel . . . or at least clean up afterward . . .

 

[TE999]

**pant**pant**

Am I too late?

"No one expects the Spanish Inquisition..."

I am?

Oh bugger!

 

[slyc_willie]

**pant**pant**

Am I too late?

"No one expects the Spanish Inquisition..."

I am?

Oh bugger!

I was tempted . . . I was SO freakin' tempted . . . .

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

So, you don't think there is a "dark" name for the period, other than the Inquisition? You know, something that sounds ominous and scary?

TC, when you say, Spanish Inquisition, you've said it all.

Rumple Foreskin