Over the years in history, there have been many formidable executions that were caused by the aspect of different faiths and races. Period after period there have been many leaders who lashed out onto others because of what they believed in. All of these incidents have never been forgotten; one very infamous one would be the Spanish Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition was started to "cleanse" the Church of heretics and purify Spain. They executed Jews, …showed first 75 words of 506 total…

…showed last 75 words of 506 total…accused is thrown into a fire which they called auto de fe (act of faith). (Slade, 1996) However, if one died in the prisons, the Spanish felt un-pure and felt the need to throw that persons family in the fire as well. The Spanish Inquisition, brought up by prejudices and greed, went on well longer then the reign of Isabella. It lasted for 330 years. Almost half a million people were burned just because of their beliefs.