Secret Files of the Inquisition - Season 1 - Eps 4: The End of the Inquisition
The secret files of the Inquisition are locked away for centuries. A Spanish priest devotes his life to exposing the brutal records of the Inquisition. Napoleon spreads the ideas of the Enlightenment. He conquers Italy, abolishes the Inquisition and orders its files sent to Paris. Spain's greatest painter, Goya, will depict the Inquisition for the first time - and then run for his life. The kidnapping of a young Jewish boy secretly baptized will be one of the desperate last attempts at exerting the power of the Inquisition. A devoted father fights to get back his son. The boy becomes a symbol for a Pope who is about to lose his dominion on earth.
About Secret Files of the Inquisition
Title: Secret Files of the Inquisition
First Air Date: 2006-11-09
Last Air Date: 2006-11-29
Status: Ended
Rating: 2/10 (from 1 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 4
Network: History
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: New Atlantis, Inquisition Productions Inc., France 5
Synopsis
A four-part history of the Inquisition, a 500-year campaign against heretics by the Roman Catholic Church initiated by Pope Gregory IX. The series benefits from the 1998 release of secret Vatican files.
Cast
Colm Feore
Raoul Bhaneja
