Torquemada

Author : Howard Fast
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453235102

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Torquemada by Howard Fast Pdf

An “eerily successful” novel of the fifteenth-century Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition from the New York Times–bestselling author of Spartacus (Kirkus Reviews). Bestselling author Howard Fast’s 1966 novelization of the Spanish Inquisition, Torquemada, is a terrifying drama about one of history’s most notorious individuals. Prior Thomas de Torquemada and Don Alvaro de Rafel, a Spanish knight, have been friends for many years. But when Torquemada is named Spain’s Grand Inquisitor by King Ferdinand and begins to hear whispers that Alvaro may have a secret Jewish past, he transforms from Alvaro’s old friend into a menacing new enemy.Inspired by Fast’s experiences being investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee, and his subsequent jailing and blacklisting, Torquemada is a thrilling historical tale from a master of the genre. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author’s estate.

Author : Thomas M. Izbicki,Jorge Ledo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004546127

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Juan de Torquemada by Thomas M. Izbicki,Jorge Ledo Pdf

This is the first English translation of one of the most important treatises written during the late-Middle Ages in defense of converts from Judaism, favoring religious tolerance in the face of religious and racially motivated prejudice and violence. The book also includes a fresh Latin edition, drawing on all known manuscripts. The text was written in response to the actions of the "Old Christians" of Toledo against the "New Christians," also called conversos, in 1449. A letter of Pope Nicholas V favouring the converts is included.

Author : William Lowell Putnam
Publisher : Light Technology Publishing
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781622337040

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Torquemada Revisited by William Lowell Putnam Pdf

This book traces the origin of the forces and personalities that brought about the Spanish Inquisition and its impact on the larger world. It dwells extensively on the causes and principal figures of the Protestant Reformation and explains how those attitudes came to influence the evolution of modern American politics and bigotry. A careful reading of this narrative explains how political and religious leaders, often being somewhat interchangeable, have been able to devise "enemies" that can be used to convince sufficient of the populace to elect or retain in high office whose who portray themselves as opposed to such "enemies"; ignoring, in so doing, the sage advice of Benjamin Franklin that "those who would sacrifice essential liberties for a little temporary security, deserve neither liberty nor security."

Author : Rafael Sabatini
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547046707

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Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition by Rafael Sabatini Pdf

This is an incredible history focusing on the role of Tomás de Torquemada in the Spanish inquisition. Torquemada was a Castilian Dominican friar and the first Grand Inquisitor in Spain's movement to standardize religious conventions with those of the Catholic Church in the late 15th century. In 1483, Ferdinand and Isabella appointed a state council to administer the inquisition with Torquemada acting as its head and he ultimately acquired the title of Inquisitor-General. The accounts presented in this work are raw but factual and solid. Sabatini debunks some popular misconceptions about the inquisition and gives his own views on the time's prominent political and religious figures. This history is illustrated with trials and examples of Torquemada and the Holy Office at work. It is well-written and often surprising in its revelations.

Author : Edward Powys Mathers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1460765397

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Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers Pdf

Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations... but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada's murder mystery? 'If James Joyce and Agatha Christie had a literary love child, this would be it.' The Daily Telegraph In 1934, the Observer's cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written. The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible - through logic and intelligent reading - to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers. Only three puzzlers have ever solved the mystery of Cain's Jawbone: do you have what it takes to join their ranks? Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted. 'A unique hybrid of word puzzle and whodunnit.' Literary Review

Author : Howard Francis Cline
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Indians of Central America
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173017865056

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Torquemada and His Franciscan Predecessors by Howard Francis Cline Pdf

Author : John Leddy Phelan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520327894

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The Millennial Kingdom of the Franciscans in the New World by John Leddy Phelan Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.

Author : Joseph Pérez
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300119828

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The Spanish Inquisition by Joseph Pérez Pdf

A new history of the Spanish Inquisition--a terrifying battle for a unified faith.

Author : Jongsoo Lee,Galen Brokaw
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781607322849

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Texcoco by Jongsoo Lee,Galen Brokaw Pdf

Texcoco: Prehispanic and Colonial Perspectives presents an in-depth, highly nuanced historical understanding of this major indigenous Mesoamerican city from the conquest through the present. The book argues for the need to revise conclusions of past scholarship on familiar topics, deals with current debates that derive from differences in the way scholars view abundant and diverse iconographic and alphabetic sources, and proposes a new look at Texcocan history and culture from different academic disciplines. Contributors address some of the most pressing issues in Texcocan studies and bring new ones to light: the role of Texcoco in the Aztec empire, the construction and transformation of Prehispanic history in the colonial period, the continuity and transformation of indigenous culture and politics after the conquest, and the nature and importance of iconographic and alphabetic texts that originated in this city-state, such as the Codex Xolotl, the Mapa Quinatzin, and Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s chronicles. Multiple scholarly perspectives and methodological approaches offer alternative paradigms of research and open a needed dialogue among disciplines—social, political, literary, and art history, as well as the history of science. This comprehensive overview of Prehispanic and colonial Texcoco will be of interest to Mesoamerican scholars in the social sciences and humanities.

Author : Henry Charles Lea
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 1793 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547780687

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History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea Pdf

"A History of the Inquisition of Spain" in 4 volumes is one of the best-known works by the American historian Henry Charles Lea. The Spanish Inquisition (officially known as the "Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition") was established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms and to replace the Medieval Inquisition, which was under Papal control. It became the most substantive of the three different manifestations of the wider Catholic Inquisition along with the Roman Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition. The Inquisition was originally intended primarily to identify heretics among those who converted from Judaism and Islam to Catholicism. The regulation of the faith of newly converted Catholics was intensified after the royal decrees issued in 1492 and 1502 ordering Muslims and Jews to convert to Catholicism or leave Castile. The Inquisition was not definitively abolished until 1834, during the reign of Isabella II, after a period of declining influence in the preceding century. The Spanish Inquisition is often cited in popular literature and history as an example of religious intolerance and repression.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11786383

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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books by Anonim Pdf

Author : Edward Powys Mathers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Puzzles
ISBN : LCCN:35002454

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The Torquemada Puzzle Book by Edward Powys Mathers Pdf

Author : Henry Charles Lea
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783752409109

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A History of the Inquisition of Spain; Vol. 1 by Henry Charles Lea Pdf

Reproduction of the original: A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 by Henry Charles Lea

Author : T. E. Bell
Publisher : Tamesis Books
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 185566125X

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Galdós and Darwin by T. E. Bell Pdf

Darwinian theory - the big idea of the nineteenth century - and its impact on the writing of Benito Pérez Galdós. Despite the fact that Darwinian theory was perhaps the big idea of the nineteenth century, most critics in the past have assumed that Benito Pérez Galdós would have remained unaffected by this scientific and philosophical revolution. This work contends otherwise, charting the influence of evolutionary theories on Galdós throughout his literary career. From his adaptation of the early nineteenth-century costumbristas' depiction of social species into a more sophisticated portrayal of Madrid society to his treatment of shifting social forces at a time of major socio-economic change, Galdós's outlook is shown to be deeply enmeshed in the Darwinian debate. Attention is paid not only to the hypotheses of Darwin himself, but also for instance to Ernst Haeckel's evolutionary thought, to Herbert Spencer's social Darwinism, and to the radical histology of Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Galdós and Darwin discusses how Spain's greatest novelist since Cervantes imaginatively reworked these epoch-making theories and investigates the impact of science on culture as the Spanish nation approached the twentieth century. T. E. BELL completed his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Nicholas Round at Sheffield University.

Author : E. Michael Gerli,Samuel G. Armistead
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0415939186

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Medieval Iberia by E. Michael Gerli,Samuel G. Armistead Pdf

Also providing in-depth discussions of the rich contributions of Muslim and Jewish cultures, and offering useful insights into their interactions with Catholic Spain, this comprehensive work is an invaluable tool for students, scholars, and general readers alike."--BOOK JACKET.