Inquisitors

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The Story of the Grand Inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition

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  • ISBN 9780752444086
  • Weight: 280g
  • Dimensions: 124 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Aug 2007
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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The electrifying personal and career histories of the principal Grand Inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition, on whose orders, tens of thousands were imprisoned, tortured and burnt at the stake.

The mentality of Spain's Inquisitors has fascinated people for centuries. Yet remarkably little has been written about these individuals, who together condemned thousands of people to degradation, imprisonment and death. John Edwards, a renowned expert on the Spanish Inquisition, investigates the Inquisitors, both as personalities from psychopaths to soulless bureaucrats and as actors in the turbulent history of Spain between 1480, when the Inquisition started work, and its final abolition in 1834. The Inquisitors is the story of extraordinary religious personalities, and a history of Spain at a deep psychological level.

John Edwards is Research Fellow in Spanish at the University of Oxford and Correspondiente Royal of the Spanish Royal Academy of History. He is an acknowledged expert on the Spanish Inquisition and his other books include Inquisition, also published by Tempus. He is regular commentator on Spain's history on radio and television and in The Sunday Times and The Daily Express. He lives in Oxford.

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