THE SPANISH INQUISITION

In this completely updated edition of Henry Kamens classic survey of the Spanish Inquisition, the author incorporates the latest re search in multiple languages to offer a newand thought-provokingview of this fascinating period. Kamen sets the notorious Christia n tribunal into the broader context of Islamic and Jewish culture in the Mediterranean, reassesses its consequences for Jewish cultu re, measures its impact on Spains intellectual life, and firmly rebuts a variety of myths and exaggerations that have distorted und erstandings ...[Llegir més]