DYK #HernandoCortés relied on #PopeGregoryXI's 1376 “Directorium inquisitorum”, to give Christians the license to kill “any heathen who violates natural law” by #CrossDressing, #QueerSex or #bestiality? Spain's Inquisition invoked the “Directorium”. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

Nicolas Eymeric wrote “Directorum inquisitorum” (1376) for #PopeGregoryXI so the Spanish could bring their Inquisition to the New World w/a license to kill “any heathen who violates natural law” by #CrossDressing #GenderFluidity #polygyny or #sodomy. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

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Nicolas Eymeric wrote Directorium inquisitorum for #PopeGregoryXI in 1376. It gave Catholics the license to kill “any heathen who violates natural law” by #CrossDressing, #QueerSex or #bestiality? Spain brought its Inquisition to the New World w/it. Blog7 HowSexGotScrewedUp.com