Tomás de Torquemada
Politician
1420 – 1498
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Who was Tomás de Torquemada?
Tomás de Torquemada, O.P. was a Spanish Dominican friar and the first Grand Inquisitor in Spain's movement to restore Christianity among its populace in the late 15th century. He was one of the chief supporters of the Alhambra Decree, which expelled the Jews from Spain in 1492.
Torquemada's manual of instructions to the Inquisition did not appear in print publicly until 1576, when it was published in Madrid.
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- Born
- 1420
Valladolid - Also known as
- Tomas de Torquemada
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- Spain
- Died
- Sep 16, 1498
Ávila, Spain
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on July 23, 2013
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