Well, it is very interesting contribution - especially the mention that "eventually Inquisition and the Company of Jesuits were banned out of Spain in the mid-18th century " It seems a very important discovery and I suggest that Stephane provides some evidence (or reliable sources). For the time being, I still hold that the expression "the Holy Inquisition conquered Spain" describes accurately the period 1482 - 1504 ("when/ / the Inquisition was at its bloodiest" as concedes http://www.bede.org.uk/inquisition.htm).. For most historians the end of the Inquisition in Spain is 1834. Alain Alcouffe