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Book Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition

Download or read book Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition written by Rafael Sabatini and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an incredible history focusing on the role of Tomás de Torquemada in the Spanish inquisition. Torquemada was a Castilian Dominican friar and the first Grand Inquisitor in Spain's movement to standardize religious conventions with those of the Catholic Church in the late 15th century. In 1483, Ferdinand and Isabella appointed a state council to administer the inquisition with Torquemada acting as its head and he ultimately acquired the title of Inquisitor-General. The accounts presented in this work are raw but factual and solid. Sabatini debunks some popular misconceptions about the inquisition and gives his own views on the time's prominent political and religious figures. This history is illustrated with trials and examples of Torquemada and the Holy Office at work. It is well-written and often surprising in its revelations.

Book Torquemada Revisited

Download or read book Torquemada Revisited written by William Lowell Putnam and published by Light Technology Publishing. This book was released on 2006-06-13 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the origin of the forces and personalities that brought about the Spanish Inquisition and its impact on the larger world. It dwells extensively on the causes and principal figures of the Protestant Reformation and explains how those attitudes came to influence the evolution of modern American politics and bigotry. A careful reading of this narrative explains how political and religious leaders, often being somewhat interchangeable, have been able to devise "enemies" that can be used to convince sufficient of the populace to elect or retain in high office whose who portray themselves as opposed to such "enemies"; ignoring, in so doing, the sage advice of Benjamin Franklin that "those who would sacrifice essential liberties for a little temporary security, deserve neither liberty nor security."

Book Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition

Download or read book Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition written by Rafael Sabatini and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Torquemada

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  • Author : Howard Fast
  • Publisher : Open Road Media
  • Release : 2011-12-27
  • ISBN : 1453235108
  • Pages : 121 pages

Download or read book Torquemada written by Howard Fast and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “eerily successful” novel of the fifteenth-century Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition from the New York Times–bestselling author of Spartacus (Kirkus Reviews). Bestselling author Howard Fast’s 1966 novelization of the Spanish Inquisition, Torquemada, is a terrifying drama about one of history’s most notorious individuals. Prior Thomas de Torquemada and Don Alvaro de Rafel, a Spanish knight, have been friends for many years. But when Torquemada is named Spain’s Grand Inquisitor by King Ferdinand and begins to hear whispers that Alvaro may have a secret Jewish past, he transforms from Alvaro’s old friend into a menacing new enemy.Inspired by Fast’s experiences being investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee, and his subsequent jailing and blacklisting, Torquemada is a thrilling historical tale from a master of the genre. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author’s estate.

Book Cain s Jawbone

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  • Author : Edward Powys Mathers
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2023-11
  • ISBN : 9781460765395
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Cain s Jawbone written by Edward Powys Mathers and published by . This book was released on 2023-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations... but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada's murder mystery? 'If James Joyce and Agatha Christie had a literary love child, this would be it.' The Daily Telegraph In 1934, the Observer's cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written. The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible - through logic and intelligent reading - to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers. Only three puzzlers have ever solved the mystery of Cain's Jawbone: do you have what it takes to join their ranks? Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted. 'A unique hybrid of word puzzle and whodunnit.' Literary Review

Book Juan de Torquemada

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  • Author : Thomas M. Izbicki
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2023-05-30
  • ISBN : 900454612X
  • Pages : 229 pages

Download or read book Juan de Torquemada written by Thomas M. Izbicki and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first English translation of one of the most important treatises written during the late-Middle Ages in defense of converts from Judaism, favoring religious tolerance in the face of religious and racially motivated prejudice and violence. The book also includes a fresh Latin edition, drawing on all known manuscripts. The text was written in response to the actions of the "Old Christians" of Toledo against the "New Christians," also called conversos, in 1449. A letter of Pope Nicholas V favouring the converts is included.

Book The Torquemada Puzzle Book

Download or read book The Torquemada Puzzle Book written by Edward Powys Mathers and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Flesh Inferno

Download or read book Flesh Inferno written by Simon Whitechapel and published by Creation Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visceral account of the Grand Inquisitor Tomas Torquemada, and this method of torture during the murder of thousands of heretics throughout the Spanish Inquisition.

Book Torquemada and His Franciscan Predecessors

Download or read book Torquemada and His Franciscan Predecessors written by Howard Francis Cline and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Millennial Kingdom of the Franciscans in the New World

Download or read book The Millennial Kingdom of the Franciscans in the New World written by John Leddy Phelan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.

Book The Spanish Inquisition

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  • Author : Joseph Pérez
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2005-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780300119824
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book The Spanish Inquisition written by Joseph Pérez and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new history of the Spanish Inquisition--a terrifying battle for a unified faith.

Book The Colonnade

Download or read book The Colonnade written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Colonnade

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1915
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 432 pages

Download or read book Colonnade written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Standard Poland China Record

Download or read book Standard Poland China Record written by Standard Poland-China Record Association, Maryville, Mo and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Texcoco

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  • Author : Jongsoo Lee
  • Publisher : University Press of Colorado
  • Release : 2014-07-15
  • ISBN : 1607322846
  • Pages : 291 pages

Download or read book Texcoco written by Jongsoo Lee and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texcoco: Prehispanic and Colonial Perspectives presents an in-depth, highly nuanced historical understanding of this major indigenous Mesoamerican city from the conquest through the present. The book argues for the need to revise conclusions of past scholarship on familiar topics, deals with current debates that derive from differences in the way scholars view abundant and diverse iconographic and alphabetic sources, and proposes a new look at Texcocan history and culture from different academic disciplines. Contributors address some of the most pressing issues in Texcocan studies and bring new ones to light: the role of Texcoco in the Aztec empire, the construction and transformation of Prehispanic history in the colonial period, the continuity and transformation of indigenous culture and politics after the conquest, and the nature and importance of iconographic and alphabetic texts that originated in this city-state, such as the Codex Xolotl, the Mapa Quinatzin, and Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s chronicles. Multiple scholarly perspectives and methodological approaches offer alternative paradigms of research and open a needed dialogue among disciplines—social, political, literary, and art history, as well as the history of science. This comprehensive overview of Prehispanic and colonial Texcoco will be of interest to Mesoamerican scholars in the social sciences and humanities.

Book British Museum Catalogue of printed Books

Download or read book British Museum Catalogue of printed Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of the Inquisition of Spain

Download or read book History of the Inquisition of Spain written by Henry Charles Lea and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-17 with total page 1800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Charles Lea's 'History of the Inquisition of Spain' is a comprehensive and thorough examination of one of the most notorious chapters in European history. Through meticulous research and detailed analysis, Lea provides insight into the origins, practices, and impact of the Spanish Inquisition. Written in a scholarly and objective tone, the book delves into the religious, political, and social factors that contributed to the rise of this institution, offering a critical examination of its methods and consequences. Lea's extensive use of primary sources and historical documents adds depth and credibility to his narrative, making this work a valuable resource for students and researchers interested in the Inquisition. Henry Charles Lea, a prominent historian and author, was known for his groundbreaking studies on medieval history and religious movements. His expertise in the field of church history and the Inquisition influenced his decision to write this definitive account of the Spanish Inquisition. Lea's meticulous attention to detail and commitment to accuracy are evident throughout the book, showcasing his dedication to historical scholarship. For readers interested in delving into the complex history of the Inquisition and its lasting impact on Spanish society, Henry Charles Lea's 'History of the Inquisition of Spain' is a must-read. This seminal work offers a comprehensive and illuminating exploration of a dark period in European history, shedding light on the religious intolerance and political power dynamics that shaped the Inquisition.