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The Rise of the Inquisition: An Introduction to the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions

By Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez

Book information

Publisher
Yaron Publishing
ISBN
1547222875, 978-1547222872
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3033364 bytes)
Edition
1st edition | Retail
Pages
172\0
Topic
History
Time added
2019-06-27 12:54:53
> Jewish History of Religion

Description

Thousands of Jews forcibly converted to Christianity in Spain and Portugal were subjected to religious persecution for continuing to adhere to their ancestral faith. The Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions lasted for centuries, and when their attention on Judaizers ended, they switched to other concerns including Protestantism, Bigamy, and Blasphemy. The Inquisition typically conjures up images of intolerance, persecution, and violence and rightly so. Many people think of it as a reflection of the spiritual, scholastic, and scientific darkness of the medieval period. Hundreds of thousands of trials were processed during its lengthy reign...

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