A study aimed at dealing with books confiscated by the Inquisition in
Europe, This is by drawing on the historical method, to determine the impact of
the intellectual renaissance on the Church in Europe, In addition, the Inquisition
was dealt with in terms of its concept, origin, composition, and Places of its
spread, As well as using the method of bibliographic research to determine the
general features of books confiscated by the Inquisition in Europe, In addition to
defining the role of the Inquisition in controlling intellectual production, As well as
learn about lists of prohibited books, The fate of the Inquisition, The results
indicated that the Inquisition paralyzed the scientific movement of the entire
nation, Also, the books confiscated by the Inquisition amounted to 209 books for
(137) authors during the period from the twelfth century until the twentieth century
A.D. in various subjects, including: Religious writings and books that offend public
modesty, and political writings focused on freedoms, Philosophical writings,
literary and artistic writings in poetry, music, novels and plays, In addition to the
proliferation of the Inquisition in various places in Europe, such as: Spain 1478,
France 1329, Portugal 1547, and in Italy in the late sixteenth century CE in
Aquileia, Naples and Venice, Also in Andalusia, beginning in 1501 CE, when the
decree issued to burn all Islamic books was issued.