Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition: A HistorySabatini, Rafael
History
Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition: A History
Sabatini, Rafael
Inquisition -- Spain; Torquemada, Tomás, de, 1420-1498
INQUISITION--founded, 33;
not concerned with Jews, 89 et seq.;
proposed to Isabella, 92;
established in Spain, 106;
inaugurated in Seville, 112;
espionage by, 126;
confiscations by, 141;
unstable form of, 135;
cupidity of, 161;
methods of procedure, 173 et seq.;
tortures employed by, 184 et seq.;
employs secular arm, 194 et seq.;
not favoured in Castile, 213;
power of, 214;
system of police, 227;
religious and political institution, 232;
expenses of, 237;
activity of, _ib._;
set up in Toledo, 239;
banner of, 249
ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC--51;
marries Ferdinand of Aragon, 52;
in war with Portugal, 54;
Pulgar’s portrait of, 54;
founds _Hermandad_, 56;
attitude towards the nobles, 57 et seq.;
banishes Enriquez, 59;
contrives Ferdinand’s election to Grand-Mastership of Santiago, 60;
quells riot in Segovia, 62;
restores order in Seville, 63;
revokes grants, 64;
controls mints, _ib._;
purifies court and convents, 65;
goes barefoot to thanksgiving-service, 66;
suppresses clerical usurpations, _ib._;
urged to deal with Judaizers, 88;
Inquisition proposed to her, 92;
rejects proposal, 97;
seeks conversion of Jews, 99;
influenced by Torquemada, 106;
last efforts of to avoid Inquisition, 107;
her antipathy to the Inquisition, 108;
her patience exhausted, 109;
attitude towards Inquisition, 110;
petitions Pope to establish court of appeal in Spain, 133;
petitions Pope to give the Inquisition a settled form, 135;
in conquest of Granada, 356;
unable to resist Torquemada, 364;
rebuked by Torquemada, 366
ISABELLA, THE INFANTA--at Segovia, 60
JAEN--tribunal established at by
Torquemada, 136
JAIME DE NAVARRE--penanced by Inquisition, 224
JAMES THE APOSTLE, ST.--shrine at Compostella, 59;
his mission to Iberia, 73
JESUS CHRIST--iconography of, 20;
cited as authority for the burning of heretics, 206
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