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More than 13,000 Conversos were put on trial during the first 12 years of the Spanish Inquisition. Hoping to eliminate ties between the Jewish community and Conversos, the Jews of Spain were expelled in 1492..
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www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Inquisitio...
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Inquisition.html
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The Spanish Inquisition was independent of the medieval Inquisition. It was established (1478) by Ferdinand and Isabella with the reluctant approval of Sixtus IV. One of the first and most notorious heads was Tomas de Torquemada.
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An inquisition is a special Church institution for suppressing heresy. To understand inquisitions, you must first understand two important facts. ... How little we are to trust the vaunted impartiality of Henry Charles Lee, the American historian of the Inquisition, we may here illustrate by an example. In his "History of...
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An article from a Catholic apologetics site. ... Separate again was the infamous Spanish Inquisition, started in 1478, a state institution used to identify conversos—Jews and Moors (Muslims) who pretended to convert to Christianity for purposes of political or social advantage and secretly practiced their former religion.
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www.catholic.com/library/Inquisition.asp
www.catholic.com/library/Inquisition.asp
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The Spanish Inquisition officially started in the mid- to late- fourteen hundreds. The Spanish Inquisition was a country wide persecution of Jews for which there are several different reasons as to why it began.
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www.studyworld.com/basementpapers/repce/History/47.htm
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The truth is that the Spanish Inquisition was particularly severe, strict, and efficient because of its strong ties with the crown. Its major targets were the Marranos (converts from Judaism) and Moriscos (converts from Islam), many of whom were suspected of secretly adhering to their original faiths.
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mb-soft.com/believe/txh/inquisit.htm
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A New Look At the Spanish Inquisition by Edward O'Brien We're all familiar with the popular idea of the Spanish Inquisition, which for centuries has been depicted as a monstrous tyranny imposed upon Spain by sinister Church and state officials.
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www.ewtn.com/library/HOMELIBR/SPANINQ.TXT
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The Spanish Inquisition is a popular topic among Skeptics who pair it with the Crusades as an example of how Christianity has ruined Western culture. Is this an overplayed issue, or a serious problem for the Christian faith?
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www.tektonics.org/qt/spaninq.html
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