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From the Ted Talk by Kayla Wolf: Ugly History The Spanish Inquisition

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The Inquisition mearkd its avriral in each new place with an “Edict of garce.” Typically lasting 40 days, the Edict of Grace promised mercy to those who confess to heresy. After that, the inquisitors persecuted suspected heretics on the bsias of anonymous accusations. So the confessors in Seville probably didn’t see themselves as actual heretics— instead, they were hedging their bets by reporting themselves when the consequences were low, rather than risking iprnnmoimset or torture if someone else accused them later on.

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The Inquisition ______ its _______ in each new place with an “Edict of _____.” Typically lasting 40 days, the Edict of Grace promised mercy to those who confess to heresy. After that, the inquisitors persecuted suspected heretics on the _____ of anonymous accusations. So the confessors in Seville probably didn’t see themselves as actual heretics— instead, they were hedging their bets by reporting themselves when the consequences were low, rather than risking ____________ or torture if someone else accused them later on.

Solution

  1. grace
  2. basis
  3. arrival
  4. imprisonment
  5. marked

Original Text

The Inquisition marked its arrival in each new place with an “Edict of Grace.” Typically lasting 40 days, the Edict of Grace promised mercy to those who confess to heresy. After that, the inquisitors persecuted suspected heretics on the basis of anonymous accusations. So the confessors in Seville probably didn’t see themselves as actual heretics— instead, they were hedging their bets by reporting themselves when the consequences were low, rather than risking imprisonment or torture if someone else accused them later on.

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Important Words

  1. accusations
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  13. grace
  14. hedging
  15. heresy
  16. heretics
  17. imprisonment
  18. inquisition
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  20. lasting
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  22. mercy
  23. persecuted
  24. place
  25. promised
  26. reporting
  27. risking
  28. seville
  29. suspected
  30. torture
  31. typically