auto-da-fé
Auto-da-fé, a term originating from the Spanish Inquisition, refers to a public act of faith and punishment, involving the trial and sentencing of heretics or individuals accused of religious offenses, often culminating in their execution by burning at the stake.
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- burning at the stake
- catholic church
- counter-reformation
- crime and punishment
- cultural assimilation
- heresy trials
- history of religious conflict
- history of spain
- inquisition
- inquisition trials
- protestant reformation
- religious intolerance
- religious persecution
- spanish inquisition
- state-sponsored executions
- suppression of heretical beliefs
- the age of enlightenment
- torquemada
- trial by fire