Inquisition

by John Edwards

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752450581
• ISBN13: 9780752450582
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.