. Mediæval and modern history . upon the reign of the illustrious sovereigns Ferdinand and Isabella. Being employed by the government for the securing of politi-cal as well as religious ends, the tribunal became an instrumentof the most incredible tyranny. The Jews were in this earlierperiod the chief victims of the court. Accompanying the an-nouncement of the sentences of the Holy Office there were solemnpublic ceremonies known as the auto-da-je (act of faith). Theassembly was held in some church or in the public square, andthe following day those condemned to death were burned out-side the c
. Mediæval and modern history . upon the reign of the illustrious sovereigns Ferdinand and Isabella. Being employed by the government for the securing of politi-cal as well as religious ends, the tribunal became an instrumentof the most incredible tyranny. The Jews were in this earlierperiod the chief victims of the court. Accompanying the an-nouncement of the sentences of the Holy Office there were solemnpublic ceremonies known as the auto-da-je (act of faith). Theassembly was held in some church or in the public square, andthe following day those condemned to death were burned out-side the city walls. It is particularly to this last act of the dramathat the term ai/to-da-fe has come popularly to be applied. The Inquisition secured for Spain unity of religious belief, butonly through suppressing freedom of thought and thereby sappingthe strength and virility of the Spanish people. Whatever wasmost promising and vigorous was withered and blasted or was castout. In the year 1492 the Jews, under circumstances of great. The Alhambra: Palace of the Moorish Kings at Granada(From a photograph) §226] THE EPIC OF THE CID 207 distress, were expelled from the country. It is estimated thatbetween two and three hundred thousand of this unhappy racewere forced to seek an asylum in other lands. Thus, at the same time that Ferdinand and Isabella were doingso much to foster the national life, their unfortunate religious zealwas planting the upas tree which was destined completely to over-shadow and poison the springing energies of the nation. 226. Death of Ferdinand and Isabella. Queen Isabella diedin 1504, and Ferdinand followed her in the year 1516, upon
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