Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition: A History
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Torquemada, the dour Dominican Friar, was responsible for one of the cruellest examples of religious persecution the world has ever known. Driven by his own warped genius, and against the express wishes of his king and queen, he single-handedly engineered torture and fear to a staggering degree. For Torquemada was the original President of the Spanish Inquisition.
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- TORQUEMADA AND THE SPANISH INQUISITION A HISTORY BY RAFAEL SABATINI Author of “The Life of Cesare Borgia,” “The Strolling Saint,” etc. ‘El fuego está encendido; quemará fasta que falle cabo al seco de la leña’ Andrés Bernaldez, Historia de los Reyes Católicos, cap. XIV. With Sixteen Illustrations in Half-tone, including a Map LONDON STANLEY PAUL & CO 8 ENDSLEIGH GARDENS UPPER WOBURN PLACE, W.C.1 Printed in Great Britain by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury.
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I EARLY PERSECUTIONS
- CHAPTER II THE INQUISITION CANONICALLY ESTABLISHED
- CHAPTER III THE ORDER OF ST. DOMINIC
- CHAPTER IV ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC
- CHAPTER V THE JEWS IN SPAIN
- CHAPTER VI THE NEW-CHRISTIANS
- CHAPTER VII THE PRIOR OF HOLY CROSS
- CHAPTER VIII THE HOLY OFFICE IN SEVILLE
- CHAPTER IX THE SUPREME COUNCIL
- CHAPTER X THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE HOLY OFFICE—THE FIRST “INSTRUCTIONS” OF TORQUEMADA
- Article I
- Article II
- Article III
- Article IV
- Article V
- Article VI
- Article VII
- Article VIII
- Article IX
- Article X
- Article XI
- Article XII
- Article XIII
- Article XIV
- Article XV
- Article XVI
- Article XVII
- Article XVIII
- Article XIX
- Article XX
- Article XXI
- Article XXII
- Article XXIII
- Article XXIV
- Article XXV
- Article XXVI
- Article XXVII
- Article XXVIII
- CHAPTER XI THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE HOLY OFFICE—THE MODE OF PROCEDURE
- CHAPTER XII THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE HOLY OFFICE—THE AUDIENCE OF TORMENT
- CHAPTER XIII THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE HOLY OFFICE—THE SECULAR ARM
- CHAPTER XIV PEDRO ARBUÉS DE EPILA
- CHAPTER XV TORQUEMADA’S FURTHER “INSTRUCTIONS”
- CHAPTER XVI THE INQUISITION IN TOLEDO
- CHAPTER XVII AUTOS DE FÉ
- CHAPTER XVIII TORQUEMADA AND THE JEWS
- CHAPTER XIX THE LEGEND OF THE SANTO NIÑO
- CHAPTER XX THE ARREST OF YUCÉ FRANCO
- CHAPTER XXI THE TRIAL OF YUCÉ FRANCO
- CHAPTER XXII THE TRIAL OF YUCÉ FRANCO (Continued)
- CHAPTER XXIII THE TRIAL OF YUCÉ FRANCO—(Concluded)
- CHAPTER XXIV EPILOGUE TO THE AFFAIR OF THE SANTO NIÑO
- CHAPTER XXV THE EDICT OF BANISHMENT
- “The Jews of Spain to The Jews of Constantinople
- “The Jews of Constantinople to The Jews of Spain
- CHAPTER XXVI THE EXODUS FROM SPAIN
- CHAPTER XXVII THE LAST “INSTRUCTIONS” OF TORQUEMADA
- PESTEM FUGAT HÆRETICAM.
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- FOOTNOTES:
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