Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition: A HistorySabatini, Rafael
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Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition: A History
Sabatini, Rafael
Inquisition -- Spain; Torquemada, Tomás, de, 1420-1498
SIXTUS IV, POPE--opposed by Isabella, 67;
orders Inquisition, 89;
grants bull for establishment of Inquisition in Castile, 107;
protests against rigour of Seville inquisitors, 128;
revokes right of Sovereigns to appoint inquisitors, 129;
appoints inquisitors, 131;
letter of to Isabella, 133
SOLARES, ALFONSO,--380
“SOLICITATION”--sin of, 169
SOLIS, ALONSO DE--charged with conversion of Jews, 107
SUAREZ DE FUENTELSAZ, ALONSO--appointed assistant to Torquemada, 383;
virtually supersedes Torquemada, 384
SUPREMA, COUNCIL OF--137
SUSAN, DIEGO DE--conspiracy of, 114;
betrayed by his daughter, 115;
burnt, 116 et seq.
TABLADA--meadows of, 118;
permanent burning platform erected there, 127
TAZARTE, YUCÉ--procures consecrated wafer, 306;
enchantment performed by, 308;
his sorceries examined, 320
TERUEL--in revolt, 231
TOLEDO--tribunal established in, 136, 239;
plot against Inquisition in, 240;
activity of Inquisition in, 243;
first Auto de Fé in, 244;
second Auto in 246;
secular arm, 247;
burning-place of, 251;
further Autos in, 252 et seq.;
Judaizers convicted in, 256
TORQUEMADA, FR. JUAN DE (Cardinal of San Sisto)--94, 104
TORQUEMADA, LOPE ALONSO DE--104
TORQUEMADA, PERO FERNANDEZ DE--105
TORQUEMADA, FR. TOMÁS DE--advocates Inquisition, 102;
his name and family, 104;
Prior of Santa Cruz, 105;
Isabella’s confessor, 105;
influence with Isabella, 106;
asceticism of, 106;
withdraws to Segovia, 107;
delegated to appoint inquisitors in Castile, 109;
appointed inquisitor by Pope, 131;
created Grand-Inquisitor of Spain, 135;
reconstitutes the Holy Office, 136;
president of the Suprema, 137;
assembles his subaltern inquisitors, 138;
formulates his code, 142;
the articles of his first “instructions,” 144 et seq.;
revives _sanbenito_, 149 and 209;
decrees “secrecy,” 157;
on prosecution of the dead, 161;
seeks to extend inquisitorial jurisdiction, 168;
on _negativos_, 197;
on _relapsos_, 200;
his power, 214;
stirs Aragonese tribunal into activity, 215;
convenes council at Tarragona, 216;
delegates Arbués and Yuglar, 217;
his action on murder of Arbués, 221;
orders proclamation of Autos, 222;
attempts to withstand papal authority, 225;
resisted in Aragon, 231;
his decrees of 1485, 233;
ordered by Pope to re-edit his “code of terror,” 235;
his decrees of 1488, 236;
orders building of penitentiaries, 237;
renders delation compulsory, 242;
his fanatical hatred of Jews, 243;
complaints of his rigour, 256;
resents papal interference, 257;
protests to Pope, 260;
his wealth, 260;
his character, 261;
treatment of his sister, 261;
builds Monastery of St. Thomas, 262;
fanaticism of, 263;
arrogance of, 264;
violates equity, 266;
urges expulsion of Jews, 268;
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