The Spanish Inquisition is now a byword for violence and religious intolerance. In 1478, at the instigation of the Catholic Ferdinand and Isabella, Torquemada led the Inquisition to root out heresy. There was no heresy to speak of in Spain, and in reality the Inquisition acted against converts from Judaism to Christianity who were suspected of retaining Jewish practice. This history is a catalog of terror and torture—2,000 people were burned at the stake, and hundreds more were subjected to horrific acts of abuse. John Edwards compellingly analyzes both the truths and the myths of this period along with the motivation behind it.
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The Spanish Inquisition is now a by–word for violence and religious intolerance. In 1478, at the instigation of the Catholic Ferdinand and Isabella, Torquemada led the Inquisition to root out heresy. There was no heresy to speak of in Spain and in reality the Inquisition acted against converts from Judaism to Christianity who were suspected of retaining Jewish practice. This history is a catalogue of terror and torture: 2000 people were burnt at the stake, hundreds more were subjected to horrific acts of abuse. John Edwards compellingly analyses both the truths and the myths of this period alongside the motivation behind it.
John Edwards is Research Fellow in Spanish at the University of Oxford. His next book, Torquemada and the Inquisitors, will be published by Tempus. He lives in Oxford. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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John Edwards has published extensively on the political, economic, social and religious history of Spain in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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