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Friar. Tomás de Torquemada [a] OP (14 October 1420 – 16 September 1498), also anglicized as Thomas of Torquemada, was a Castilian Dominican friar and first Grand Inquisitor of the Tribunal of the Holy Office (otherwise known as the Spanish Inquisition). The Spanish Inquisition was a group of ecclesiastical prelates that was created in 1478 ...
Apr 11, 2024 · Tomás de Torquemada (born 1420, Valladolid, Castile [Spain]—died September 16, 1498, Ávila, Castile) was the first grand inquisitor in Spain, whose name has become synonymous with the Christian Inquisition ’s horror, religious bigotry, and cruel fanaticism. The nephew of a noted Dominican cardinal and theologian, Juan de Torquemada, the ...
Feb 2, 2018 · The Unfathomable Cruelty Of Tomás de Torquemada. Tomás de Torquemada was responsible for over 2,000 deaths during the Spanish Inquisition, all in the name of keeping Catholicism alive in Spain. In 15th century Spain, there lived a man named Tomas de Torquemada. Though his name is often lost in the pages of history, he had a hand in almost ...
May 29, 2018 · Torquemada, Tomás de (1420–98) Spanish cleric and grand inquisitor. A Dominican priest and confessor to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella I, who appointed him head of the Spanish Inquisition in 1483, Torquemada was noted for the severity of his judgments and punishments. He was responsible for c. 2000 burnings.
Tomás de Torquemada. 14 de octubre de 1420 jul. Tomás de Torquemada ( Torquemada, 1420- Ávila, 16 de septiembre de 1498) fue un presbítero dominico español, confesor de la reina Isabel la Católica y primer inquisidor general de Castilla y Aragón en el siglo XV .
Torquemada, Tomás (1420–98) (1420–98)Spanish Dominican friar. He acted as the ruthlessly cruel first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition. As such he was responsible for directing its early activities against Jews and Muslims in Spain, and in fashioning its methods, including the use of torture and burnings.
Tomás de Torquemada, also anglicized as Thomas of Torquemada, was a Castilian Dominican friar and first Grand Inquisitor of the Tribunal of the Holy Office. The Spanish Inquisition was a group of ecclesiastical prelates that was created in 1478, and which was charged with the somewhat ill-defined task of "upholding Catholic religious orthodoxy" within the lands of the newly formed union of ...
