The Inquisition

John Edwards

ISBN: 9780752450582
Format: Paperback
Publisher:The History Press Ltd

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The Spanish Inquisition is 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. This title analyses both the truths and the myths of this period alongside the motivation behind the Inquisition.

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 coverts from Judaism to Christianity who were suspected of retaining Jewish practice. This history is a catalogue of terror and torture: 2,000 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 the Inquisition.

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