Tomás de Torquemada

Tomás de Torquemada (October 14, 1420 – September 16, 1498), also written in English as Thomas of Torquemada, was a Castilian Dominican friar. He was the first Grand Inquisitor in the Spanish Inquisition. 
Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition made thousands of Jews and Muslims leave Spain and many of them were killed by burning at stakes. 







  Specialized historians found that as many as 300,000 Jews lost their lives to the Spanish Inquisition.

Related pages
 Antisemitism
 Spanish Empire
 Supersessionism
 Antisemitism in Europe

Other websites
 The Catholic Church
 The Secret of the Inquisition
 Antisemitism in History: From the Early Church to 1400
 Foundations of Holocaust: From Inquisition to “Purity of Blood”
 The Roman Catholic Church, the Holocaust, and the demonization of the Jews. Response to “Benjamin and us: Christanity, its Jews, and history” by Jeanne Favret-Saada

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