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Exploring the daily routine of a Spanish inquisitor

When most people think of the Spanish Inquisition, they typically think of torture (or Monty Python), and for good reason.
The Forward

The Spanish Inquisition Was ‘Moderate’ Solution. So Says This Conservative Columnist.

(JTA) — Here’s something no one expected: A reputable conservative magazine has published a column defending … The Spanish Inquisition. To be clear, this is not Monty Python. This is a column in the ...
National Catholic Register

Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition

Almost nothing modern people say about the Inquisition is true. The lies perpetuated about the Inquisition were initially the result of Protestant propaganda. There are very few tales as tall as the ...
The Forward

Conservative Magazine Defends Spanish Inquisition, Calls It ‘Ahead Of Its Time’

The prominent conservative magazine National Review published an op-ed defending the Spanish Inquisition, lamenting that most opinions of it were formed by Elizabethan propaganda. Ed Condon, a writer ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

This National Review columnist is defending the Spanish Inquisition. Seriously.

(JTA) — Here’s something no one expected: A reputable conservative magazine has published a column defending … the Spanish Inquisition. To be clear, this is not Monty Python. This is a column in the ...
News Day

Passover and the Spanish inquisition.

Generations of secret Jews defied the Spanish Inquisition to celebrate Passover and other holidays. Five centuries ago, the Jews of Spain were faced with an unimaginable choice: convert to ...
National Catholic Register

34 Common Errors About the Spanish Inquisition

As outlined in our previous post, there are very few tales as tall as the tales told of the Black Legend of the Spanish Inquisition and Catholic Spain. Among the many, many lies of the Black Legend of ...
Yahoo

Latin America's colonial period was far less Catholic than it might seem − despite the Inquisition's attempts to police religion

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most pervasive myths about colonial Latin American society is that it was Catholic, full stop. It’s a familiar story: ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

For Mallorca’s Jews, their first ‘public’ sukkah is a triumph over the Spanish Inquisition

(JTA) — Before the Spanish Inquisition, the island of Mallorca had a sizeable Jewish community. Every fall, the island became dotted with the leaf-roofed huts that Jews are commanded to erect during ...
National Review

Nobody Expects a Defense of the Inquisition

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Wired

Nazis, Queens and the Spanish Inquisition: Monty Python Takes New York

NEW YORK — Monty Python’s Flying Circus took to the stage Thursday night, a little grayer and minus (almost) the troupe’s one deceased player — but no slower on the draw, with shots aimed at each ...