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When was the Spanish Inquisition abolished permanently?
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St. Dominic Presiding at an Auto-da-Fé, panel by Pedro Berruguete, c. 1503; in the Prado, Madrid.
The Spanish Inquisition was permanently abolished in 1834.1
While the institution was established in 1478 to combat heresy and consolidate royal power, its history in the 19th century was marked by several periods of suppression and restoration before its final dissolution. It was first suppressed by Joseph Bonaparte in 1808, restored by Ferdinand VII in 1814, suppressed again in 1820, and restored once more in 1823, prior to its permanent end.1