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Torquemada, Thomas de

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A prior of a Dominican monastery who became in 1483, during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, head of the Inquisition, a "holy office" he administered with merciless cruelty (1420-1498).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Torquemada, Thomas de'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​t/torquemada-thomas-de.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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