Spanish Inquisition
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: November 1996
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780393002553
First sentence: TOWARDS the close of the fourteenth century, while Richard II. was trifling on the throne of England and 'Charles VI. was raving on the throne of France, a certain Spanish archdeacon named Ferran Martinez was engaged in delivering a series of sermons in the diocese of Seville.
Description: Documents the events leading up to the Spanish Inquisition beginning in 1478 and the events that followed for the next three and a half centuries.