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Article: The Spanish Inquisition: A History.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- February 1, 2005
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The Spanish Inquisition: A History. Joseph Perez. Janet Lloyd, translator. Profile Books. [pounds sterling]16.99. vii + 248 pages. ISBN 1-86197-687-9. The author, who used to teach in the University of Bordeaux, seeks here 'to set the record straight on the form taken by the Inquisition in Spain'. Because the Inquisition was created in 1480 to cope with the problem of Spain's converted Jews, Prof. Perez gives the background to Jews in Spain before their forced conversions. The Inquisition, set up to root out ...