TORQUEMADA, TOMÁS DE

tōmäsˈ, 1420–98, Spanish churchman and inquisitor. A Dominican, he became confessor to Ferdinand II and Isabella I and in 1483 was appointed inquisitor general of Castile and Aragón, charged with the centralization of the Spanish Inquisition. He was largely instrumental in bringing about the expulsion of the Jews in 1492. His great authority was contested by colleagues and was diminished in some measure by the pope, but he remained preeminent until his death. Torquemada owes his reputation for cruelty to the harsh rules of procedure that he devised for the Inquisition and to the rigor with which he had them enforced.

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books on: Torquemada TomAs De  - 119 results

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The Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary
Book by Clayton J. Drees; Greenwood Press, 2001
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval--Dictionaries, Europe--History--1492-1517--Biography--Dictionaries, Europe--History--476-1492--Biography--Dictionaries, Europe--Social Conditions--To 1492--Dictionaries
...1988. Thomas M. Izbicki Torquemada, Tomas de (1420-98). The guiding...in its first two decades, Tomas de Torquemada has been memorial- ized as...hotly denied this charge. Tomas de Torquemada was born in or near Valladolid...
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Philosophers and Religious Leaders
Book by Christian D. Von Dehsen; Oryx Press, 1999
Subjects: Philosophers--Biography--Encyclopedias, Religious Biography--Encyclopedias
Torquemada, Tomas de First Grand Inquisitor of Spanish Inquisition 1420-1498 Life and Work Tomas de Torquemada was the first grand inquisitor of Spain. His name has become synonymous...
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Who's Who in Christianity
Book by Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Christian Biography--Dictionaries
...Tolstoy, Tolstoy Remembered 1961 ; A.N. Wilson, Tolstoy 1988 . Torquemada, Tomas de 1420-98 Inquisitor. Torquemada was a nephew of the Spanish theologian Juan de Torquemada. He joined the Dominican Order and in 1452 he became the Prior...
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A Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Companion
Book by Robert L. Gale; Greenwood Press, 2003
Subjects: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth--1807-1882--Criticism And Interpretation--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...reminds him of a tragic tale from the chronicles of Spain. The Theologians Tale: Torquemada. When Ferdinand and Isabella ruled Spain, Torquemada Tomas de Torquemada 1420? 98 he of the subtle brain was the Grand Inquisitor. Outside Valladolid...
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A Reference Companion to the History of Abnormal Psychology - Vol. 2
Book by John G. Howells, M. Livia Osborn; Greenwood Press, 1984
Subjects: Psychology, Pathological--Early Works To 1900--Miscellanea, Psychology, Pathological--Miscellanea
...1970. Russian folk medicine . TORQUEMADA, TOMAS DE 1420?-1498 . A Spanish...of their aristocratic blood. Torquemada grew up with a fanatic hatred...Bibliography: Hope T. 1939. Torquemada: scourge of the Jews . TORY...
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journal articles on: Torquemada TomAs De  - 11 results

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Enduring Covenant in the Christian Middle Ages
Journal article by Jennifer A. Harris; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 44, 2009
Subjects: Christian-Jewish relations--Management, Christianity and other religions--Judaism, Christianity and other religions--Management, Intercultural communication--Management, Jewish theology--Social aspects, Judaism--Doctrines, Judaism--Social aspects, Religious covenants--Analysis
...of these new Christians. (96) Rosenstock examined the work of two Christian theologians, Juan de Torquemada (nephew of Tomas de Torquemada, the converso founder of the Spanish Inquisition) and Alonso de Cartagena, mining their work for...
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Isaac Abravanel: Between Ethnic Memory and National Memory
Journal article by Jean-Christophe Attias; Jewish Social Studies, Vol. 2, 1996
Subjects: Jews
...perfectly antithetical this time, is Abravanel and Tomas de Torquemada (ca. 1420-98). As "the monster of wickedness...theatrical confrontation. Brandishing a crucifix, Tomas succeeded in making Ferdinand (who had been too sensitive...
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Heroes and Villains: Suggestions for a Classroom Activity On the Nature of History
Journal article by Joseph H. Fairbanks Jr.; Social Studies, Vol. 81, 1990
Subjects: History--Study And Teaching, Social Sciences--Study And Teaching
...appeared on preliminary lists, but never one of the final five because the students did not know enough about him) Tomas de Torquemada, first inquisitor-general in the Spanish Inquisition Agrippina the Younger, the mother of Nero, who poisoned...
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Spinoza's Religion
Journal article by Peter Berkowitz; Policy Review, 2007
Subjects: Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Goldstein, Rebecca--Criticism and interpretation, Goldstein, Rebecca--Works, Religion and politics--Social aspects
...first mass burning of Jews took place in 1288, the Inquisition did not reach its full ferocity until the relentless Tomas de Torquemada was appointed inquisitor-general in 1483. Then, early in 1492, Ferdinand and Isabella, having at last expelled...
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Religious Institutions, the No-harm Doctrine, and the Public Good
Journal article by Marci A. Hamilton; Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2004, 2004
Subjects: Church & state, Constitutions, Freedom of religion, Public good, Religious organizations, United States
...new royal council of the Supreme and General Inquisition to expand its operation throughout Spain. The notorious Tomas de Torquemada was named Inquisitor General-the head of the council-and was responsible for creating branches of the Inquisition...
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magazine articles on: Torquemada TomAs De  - 7 results

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The Best Notable Quotables of 2003
Magazine article; Human Events, Vol. 60, January 12, 2004
...Conservatives Award "Attorney General John Ashcroft has earned himself a remarkable distinction as the Torquemada of American law. Tomas de Torquemada. . . was largely responsible for... the torture and the burning of heretics-Muslims in particular...
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Sidelights
Magazine article by Brandon Bosworth; The American Enterprise, Vol. 14, December 2003
...anyone could use that much water." Walter Cronkite described Attorney General John Ashcroft as "the Torquemada of American law. Tomas de Torquemada, you might recall, was the fifteenth-century Dominican friar who became the grand inquisitor...
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At War for Freedom
Magazine article by R. James Woolsey; The World Today, Vol. 59, August 2003
Subjects: Fascism, Freedoms, Islam, Totalitarianism, United States, War
...other on the Sunni side - are effectively totalitarian movements disguised as religions, in much the same way that Tomas Torquemada and the Dominicans around him who operated the Spanish Inquisition were a totalitarian movement in the guise of a...
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Columbus Cracks an Egg
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 101, December 1992
Subjects: Anniversaries, Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506), Creativity, Explorers
...and of course, torture and burning. But when Tomas de Torquemada (ironically, from a converso family himself) became...guillotine might just as well have been the henchmen of Torquemada tightening the rack or the thumbscrews. Consider...
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The Human Life Foundation's Great Defender of Life Dinner October 17, 2003
Magazine article by Faith McFadden; Human Life Review, Vol. 29, Fall 2003
Subjects: Foundations, Hyde, Henry, Pro life movement, Public speaking, Speakers, Special events
...In 1483 the great Pope, Sixtus the Fourth launched the Spanish Inquisition, and he appointed his Eminence, Tomas Cardinal Torquemada as Grand Inquisitor. But on a less happy note, on this day in 1931 Mr. Al Capone was convicted of income tax...
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Torture by Flood; (Editor's Note: The Yearly Flood Problem Badly Needs a Permanent Solution, Not Just "Dig and Clean," as Noted by the Author.)
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 21, 2007
...efficiently, a Dominican friar appropriately named Torquemada (Tomas de) was appointed Grand Inquisitor. His sentences...Burning "unbelievers" was the general practice. Torquemada died in 1498 but his administration was characterized...
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1492, the Pivotal Year
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 29, 2006
Subjects: Reston, James
...went to the head of the pack: Tomas de Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor. A Sunday...place to describe the horrors Torquemada wrecked in the name of religious...book of Revelation. Ferdinand, Torquemada, and Columbus were to be the...
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Wines of the Week
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), August 14, 2010
...wasnt just some flash-in-the-pan (no pun intended) episode when Tomas de Torquemada lost the run of himself while ridding Spain of non-believers. Mind...number this weekend and maybe go for one a bit different. STAKE J LOVER Torquemada
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The Lady of Steele; Who's Boss? Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan in Remington Steele
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 30, 2008
...confiscated and the royal treasury benefited accordingly. Tomas de Torquemada, prior of the convent at Segovia, became the first...within the Church, but is regarded as accurate. De Torquemada died in 1493 and is buried at a convent in Avila...
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GOD'S TORTURERS; Its Victims Were Torn Apart on the Rack, Gouged with Red-Hot Pincers and Burnt at the Stake in Their Thousands. and as a New Documentary Reveals, the Cruelties of the Inquisition Lasted Even into the 20th Century
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 21, 2006
...flames. The name of the first Inquisitor General, Tomas de Torquemada, has gone down in infamy. A Dominican monk who...them stay in return for huge quantities of gold. Torquemada, hearing this, burst into the royal chambers and...
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encyclopedia articles on: Torquemada TomAs De  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Torquemada, TomÁs De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TORQUEMADA, TOMAS DE tomas da torkama tha, 1420 98, Spanish churchman and inquisitor...some measure by the pope, but he remained preeminent until his death. Torquemada owes his reputation for cruelty to the harsh rules of procedure that...
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Torquemada, Juan De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TORQUEMADA, JUAN DE hwan da torkama tha, 1388 1468, Spanish churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church; an uncle of Tomas de Torquemada. He entered (1403) the Dominican order and later participated in...
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Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...cent. the church enlarged its already dominant position in Spanish life. The Spanish Inquisition, organized by Tomas de Torquemada in the late 15th cent., reached its greatest power in the 16th cent. under Philip. At the same time the Counter...
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Inquisition
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Ferdinand and Isabella with the reluctant approval of Sixtus IV. One of the first and most notorious heads was Tomas de Torquemada . It was entirely controlled by the Spanish kings, and the popes only hold over it was in naming the inquisitor...


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