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Bookmark or Share- The Unfathomable Cruelty Of Tomás de Torquemada - All That's InterestingTomas de Torquemada was a force to be reckoned with. During his time as an inquisitor and later as the Grand Inquisitor, Torquemada was responsible for the brutal deaths of over 2,000 people. Born into a humble family from Valladolid in 1420, Torquemada was destined for a religious life.
- Tomás de Torquemada - Oxford ReferenceTorquemada, 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 - WikipediaTomás de Torquemada 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).
- Thomas Torquemada the Torturer - Biography & History Story - ChristianityThe request was granted. In 1483, Torquemada was made grand inquisitor. Torquemada developed an oppressive network of spies and secret police. His courts summoned thousands of individuals. Most of them were completely at a loss as to what they were supposed to have done. One third were tortured.
- Tomás de Torquemada | First Grand Inquisitor of SpainTomás 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.
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