Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition A History
By Rafael Sabatini
Length12h 54m
About this audiobook
Torquemada, the dour Dominican Friar, was responsible for one of the cruellest examples of religious persecution the world has ever known. Driven by his own warped genius, and against the express wishes of his king and queen, he single-handedly engineered torture and fear to a staggering degree. For Torquemada was the original President of the Spanish Inquisition. All you might ever want to know about Torquemada is here, the background to his inquisition, many extracts from trials conducted by Torquemada and a fair handed assessment of this bloody period of persecution in Spain. Unlike many sources on the Spanish Inquisition, Sabatini doesn't seem to have any particular axe to grind and therefore his book is much more objective and factual than others I've come across. (Goodreads)
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (84)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length12 hrs 54 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 10, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
2CHAPTER I EARLY PERSECUTIONS
3CHAPTER II THE INQUISITION CANONICALLY ESTABLISHED
4CHAPTER III THE ORDER OF ST. DOMINIC
5CHAPTER IV ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC
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6CHAPTER V THE JEWS IN SPAIN
7CHAPTER VI THE NEW-CHRISTIANS
8CHAPTER VII THE PRIOR OF HOLY CROSS
9CHAPTER VIII THE HOLY OFFICE IN SEVILLE
10CHAPTER IX THE SUPREME COUNCIL
11CHAPTER X THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE HOLY OFFICE—THE FIRST “INSTRUCTIONS” OF TORQUEMADA
12CHAPTER XI THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE HOLY OFFICE—THE MODE OF PROCEDURE
13CHAPTER XII THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE HOLY OFFICE—THE AUDIENCE OF TORMENT
14CHAPTER XIII THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE HOLY OFFICE—THE SECULAR ARM
15CHAPTER XIV PEDRO ARBUÉS DE EPILA
16CHAPTER XV TORQUEMADA’S FURTHER “INSTRUCTIONS”
17CHAPTER XVI THE INQUISITION IN TOLEDO
18CHAPTER XVII AUTOS DE FÉ
19CHAPTER XVIII TORQUEMADA AND THE JEWS
20CHAPTER XIX THE LEGEND OF THE SANTO NIÑO
21CHAPTER XX THE ARREST OF YUCÉ FRANCO
22CHAPTER XXI THE TRIAL OF YUCÉ FRANCO
23CHAPTER XXII THE TRIAL OF YUCÉ FRANCO (Continued)
24CHAPTER XXIV EPILOGUE TO THE AFFAIR OF THE SANTO NIÑO
25CHAPTER XXIII THE TRIAL OF YUCÉ FRANCO—(Concluded)
26CHAPTER XXV THE EDICT OF BANISHMENT
27CHAPTER XXVI THE EXODUS FROM SPAIN
28CHAPTER XXVII THE LAST “INSTRUCTIONS” OF TORQUEMADA
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