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The Inquisition was a system of tribunals enforcing Catholic orthodoxy.

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• Historical events
• Literature
• Film and TV
• TV episodes
• Music
• Videogaming
• See also

Inquisition may also refer to:

• Inquisitorial system, a common legal procedure where the tribunal is actively involved in determining the facts of the case

Historical events

• Historical revision of the Inquisition, following new information in Spanish and Roman archives
• Goa Inquisition (1561–1812), run by Portuguese colonials
• Literary inquisition, persecution of intellectuals for their writings in China
• Medieval Inquisition (beginning 1184–1230s), including Episcopal Inquisition and Papal Inquisition
• Mexican Inquisition (1571–1820)
• Inquisition in the Netherlands (1500s)
• Peruvian Inquisition (1570–1820)
• Portuguese Inquisition (1536–1821)
• Roman Inquisition (beginning 1542)
• Spanish Inquisition (1478–1834)
• Venetian Holy Inquisition (1600s–1797)

Literature

• Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon , a book by Carlton Sherwood about Sun Myung Moon
• The New Inquisition , a book by Robert Anton Wilson critical of the application of the scientific method in the 20th century
• The Inquisition trilogy of trilogies, a Warhammer 40,000 9-book novel series composed of 3-trilogies by Dan Abnett
• Mass Effect: Inquisition , a 2010 webcomic based on the videogame series
• The Inquisition (underground newspaper), an underground newspaper from Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Film and TV

• Inquisition (film), a 1976 Spanish historical horror film
• Inquizition , a 1998–2001 game show
• "The Spanish Inquisition" (Monty Python), a comedy sketch from which the phrase "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" originated

Music

• Inquisition (metal band), a Colombian-American black metal band
• Inquisition (punk band), a hardcore punk band based in Richmond, Virginia, United States
• "Inquisition" (song), a single by Skinny Puppy
• Inquisition, 2025 album by Burning Witches

Videogaming

• Inquisition (video game), a 2002 video game by Wanadoo Edition
• Dragon Age: Inquisition , a 2014 videogame, the third installment of the Dragon Age series
• Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition , a 2004 videogame, first in the Heretic Kingdoms series

See also

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• Spanish Inquisition (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with inquisition
• All pages with titles containing inquisition
• Inquest

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