The Inquisition, similarly, was not always the sadistic institution that we associate with the Spanish church. In the Middle Ages, most inquisitors (usually Dominican friars) were quite fair-minded men who sought to give the benefit of the doubt to the defendant. ...
Flag adopted on Portugal Flag - History two vertical bands of green (hoist side, two-fifths) and red (three-fifths) with the national coat of arms (armillary sphere and Portuguese shield) centered on the dividing line; explanations for the color meanings are ambiguous, but a popular interpretation has green symbolizing hope and red the blood of those defending the nation
[puÉ¾tuËÉ£aÉ«]), officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: Republica RepÃºblica), portuguesa is a country on The Iberian, peninsula in Southwestern. Europe it is the westernmost country of Mainland, europe being bordered by The Atlantic ocean to the west and south and By spain to the north and. easthe territory of Portugal includes an area in the Iberian Peninsula (referred to as the continent by most Portuguese) and two archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean: the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores. It lies between latitudes 32Â° and 43Â° N, and longitudes 32Â° and 6Â° W.