Talk:Peruvian Inquisition

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I removed the cut and paste copy from the Jewish Encyclopedia. For one, that site is "Copyright 2002" - although the encyclopedia is in the PD, the web version is not. But more so it's not really good form to quote large chunks of text from another encyclopedia, in particular when that encyclopedia is from a single POV. In this case an external link is more than appropriate - similar external links could be made to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Catholic Encyclopedia etc.. -- Stbalbach 13:47, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

General comment (POV tag)
I deleted the entire text - except for the links - of this article. Reasons: There has been Spanish inquisition in Peru, but no special "Peruvian inquisition" The mentioned fray Diego de Landa worked in Yucatán, today's Mexico, not Peru. The complex field of "extirpation of idolatries" for which the inquisition in Peru had been famous was not addressed in the stub, only some details out of context. The last paragraph didn't address the inquisition at all. I'm sorry that I won't find the time to expand on this and to make the effort to write a new article, but better no article than a really bad one with heavy BS. WS


 * You may be right, and I have not done any research on it, but we can't delete entire articles without going through the Article for deletion process. A search on "Peruvian Inquisition" on Google shows the term is used by people. So I guess if you don't have the time, and I don't know anything about it, we will have to wait for someone else. In the mean time I've restored the article and put a POV tag to bring attention to the problems you have mentioned. -- Stbalbach 16:06, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Altering Article to be NPOV
I have been doing some research on Colonial Latin America Inquisitions. I know that this topic is currently being disputed to see if the article has a neutral point of view. However, I would like to attempt and alter this article to Wikipedia standards if possible.LGFletes1 04:04, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, please go ahead. -- Stbalbach 05:02, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Updated Article
I tried with the best of my knowledge to alter this article and use more reference that focus on the Peruvian Inquisition. There is also a link that click on to Peru's very own Inquisition Museum which is located in Lima. Please note that the link is in Spanish but can be translated into English with the help of Google. LGFletes1 07:21, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Additonal Update- The Peruvian Inquistion was an extention of the Spanish Inquisition. There have been cases that are documented on how each person was tried and punished. However,the indigenous had seperate trials and not consider to be responisble for their action because they had no knowledge of what was going against the church's standards.LGFletes1 02:39, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I removed the POV tag. -- Stbalbach 15:01, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Indigenous of Peru were EXEMPT from the Peruvian Inquisition
According to a 1570 royal decree (and cited in René Millar Carvacho. La Inquisición de Lima, Tomo III (1697-1820).  Madrid: Editorial Deimos (1998)), the Peruvian Inquisition NEVER had jurisdiction over the natives, since they were special charges of the Spanish Crown. Also, natives were subject to the inquisitorial anti-idolatry inspection (visita de idolatria), but I'm not sure that this was technically an inquisition, and wasn't referred to as such. During these inspections, natives found guilty definitely WERE held liable for their actions, and subject to a variety of punishments for "idolatry." Also, the archbishop had the exclusive authority to dispatch anti-idolatry inspectors (visitadores de idolatria)---local bishops had no such authority---this is another reason why I don't think that the term "episcopal inquisition" is appropriate regarding the natives. I hope that the next revision to the article reflects this information. Kemet 23:42, 10 February 2009 (UTC)