The Spanish Inquisition

Description

"In this completely updated edition of Henry Kamen's classic survey of the Spanish Inquisition, the author incorporates the latest research in multiple languages to offer a new-and thought-provoking-view of this fascinating period. Kamen sets the notorious Christian tribunal into the broader context of Islamic and Jewish culture in the Mediterranean, reassesses its consequences for Jewish culture, measures its impact on Spain's intellectual life, and firmly rebuts a variety of myths and exaggerations that have distorted understandings of the Inquisition. He concludes with disturbing reflections on the impact of state security organizations in our own time"--

First Sentence

In the west: Portugal, a small but expanding society of under a million people, their energies directed to the sea and the first fruits of trade and colonisation in Asia.

Excerpt

In the west: Portugal, a small but expanding society of under a million people, their energies directed to the sea and the first fruits of trade and colonisation in Asia.

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Other Editions

• The Spanish InquisitionNew American Library1975-01-01
• The Spanish inquisitionWeidenfeld and Nicolson1965-01-01
• The Spanish Inquisition.Weidenfeld and Nicolson1965-01-01
• The Spanish Inquisition.Weidenfeld and Nicolson1965-01-01
• The Spanish InquisitionNew American Library1966-01-01
• The Spanish InquisitionNew American Library1966-01-01