Tomas de Torquemada: Architect of Torture During the Spanish Inquisition
It happened the same way all across Spain. The judges of the Spanish Inquisition arrived on horseback. They searched everywhere for people who broke the laws of the Church. Their spies turned friends against friends. They made sons and daugthers testify against their parents. They tortured...
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It happened the same way all across Spain. The judges of the Spanish Inquisition arrived on horseback. They searched everywhere for people who broke the laws of the Church. Their spies turned friends against friends. They made sons and daugthers testify against their parents. They tortured suspects until a person would confess to anything. One stern monk was responsible for this merciless attack on the people of Spain. His name was Tomas de Torquemada.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780531125984 (053112598X)
Publish date: September 1st 2007
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Series: A Wicked History