Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors

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From the acclaimed author of Warriors of God comes a riveting account of the pivotal events of 1492, when towering political ambitions, horrific religious excesses, and a drive toward international conquest changed the world forever.James Reston, Jr., brings to life the epic story of Spain’s effort to consolidate its own burgeoning power by throwing off the yoke of the Vat...more

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Mar 04, 2010 Whitaker rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Interesting Facts I Learnt about the Spanish Inquisition

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
- Monty Python

Torquemada, the prime mover behind the Inquisition, was the son of a converso (i.e., he was half-Jewish: the son of a Jew who had converted to Christianity).

The Inquisition referred to being burnt on the stake as being "relaxed".

How did they prove that a converso was really a secret Jew?
-- It could be by a denunciation made by a Christian. Such a denunciation was accepted as the truth...more

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Dec 01, 2012 Ryan Reeves rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A well written book with a journalistic flair, but based on false estimates about the nature of medieval and ancient religion. Reston begins by claiming that medieval Spain "represents the apogee of tolerance and cross-fertilization between the three great religions". However, his only evidence of this is that Jews, Christians and Muslims lived side by side. No attention is paid to the ghettos and cultural clashes of these centuries.

Reston only manages to praise Moorish rulers and spares no hyp...more

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Dec 18, 2011 Shannon Windham rated it 4 of 5 stars

A really well written book on a very dry subject matter. It was written around a time period which was a pentacle shift in the exploration and control for Western Europe; and focused on the formation of the Christian religion in the way it has been written in history. James Reston Jr did a great job of linking history during this time period to each other and giving them relevance based on each other. It was a tough read at times due to the subject itself but written almost in a way that you wou...more

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May 15, 2007 Aaron rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: People interested in 15th C European History

There were three big events in 1492 for Spain, and discovering the New World was, for the immediate future of the country at least, the least significant. The other two were the marriage of Isabella and Ferdinand and the final expulsion of the Moors. This is a good book to read, even with it's sometimes overly dramatic tone, if only to counteract years of American high school "history" courses and their myopic inability to consider events outside the U.S. and how important they might have been.

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Oct 18, 2009 Richard rated it 4 of 5 stars

The underlying theme of this book is the significance of the year 1492. James Reston Jr. points out that the three most important dates in American history are 1492, 1776 and 1865. Events occurring in the first year, however, were European in origin and therefore impacted more than America's history. This seminal year also had far-reaching consequences for Spanish, Jewish, and Arab history. Likewise, the voyages of Christopher Columbus did not occur within the neatly defined myths of traditional...more The underlying theme of this book is the significance of the year 1492. James Reston Jr. points out that the three most important dates in American history are 1492, 1776 and 1865. Events occurring in the first year, however, were European in origin and therefore impacted more than America's history. This seminal year also had far-reaching consequences for Spanish, Jewish, and Arab history. Likewise, the voyages of Christopher Columbus did not occur within the neatly defined myths of traditional American creationism.

Reston makes the creation of Europe's first nation-state, Spain, compelling reading. The marriage of Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon finally united the fragmented north of Spain under one ruling family. The lower part of Southern Spain, Granada, was the remnant of the Moorish, Muslim kingdom which had dominated a large part of Spain for almost five hundred years, but had been gradually shrinking during that time. The priority of the new Spanish royal couple was to complete the reconquest, so that Spain would be an entirely Christian kingdom. Although pursuing this objective had undeniable religious reasons, it also would cement the tenuous hold the new monarchs had over the country by uniting the nobility throughout the far-flung kingdom through mutual participation in a goal that had been a dream of Spaniards for centuries.

The sovereigns turned to the Dominican Order to help them in their efforts to get control of Spain's nobility and citizenry. The Dominicans were known as the "Hounds of God", for their efforts in reining in Catholics from straying into impiety and heresy. The royals invited the Dominicans to bring the Inquisition to Spain. The Inquisition's main purpose was not to scare Christians as much as it was meant to terrorize converted Jews. During the late-fourteenth, early- fifteenth centuries, many Jews in Spain converted to Christianity following the 1391 massacres of Jews. Many of these "Conversos" and their descendants became very successful businessmen; Spain's intellectual and financial spheres were dominated by these converted Jews. Many Spaniards resented this influence, suspecting that the conversos were merely calling themselves Christians while practicing Judaism in secret. Reston describes how the Dominican Tomas De Torquemada, named Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition, set up an organization using brutal torture methods against any Conversos denounced for religious impiety. The fanatic Torquemada's methods were topped by the use of Autos-da-fe, literally public spectacles of burning of heretics at the stake.

Christopher Columbus, a Genoese sailor, meanwhile, started to woo the Spanish royal court for funds to undertake a voyage of discovery by sailing far to the west in search of the riches of Cathay. As Reston states, Columbus's services in discovering an overseas empire for exploitation benefitted Spain at the expense of Portugal. At this time, Portugal was the leading European nation in finding new sailing routes along the coast of Africa for the purpose of accessing Asian trading markets. It was logical that an up-and-coming seafarer/explorer would gravitate to Portugal, and this was Columbus's proposed route to fame. He had some access to Lisbon's royal court through his marriage to a woman of minor Portuguese nobility. His notions of sailing across the sea westward to Cathay were met with skepticism, since the prevailing wisdom at the time was that the earth was divided into "Antipodes", which meant that sailing far enough into the Ocean Sea (the Atlantic Ocean) would place one into the far Antipode where wicked things could happen. Portugal, for practical reasons, was doing just fine at the time without the need to tempt fate with a westward journey of exploration, and Columbus left Portugal for Spain when King Joao II rejected his services.

Reston gives Columbus credit for his perseverance and ability to navigate in a Spain rife with religious persecution and holy war. He had presented his proposal for leading a state-sponsored sailing expedition through authorities but he had to cool his heels in Spain while more pressing issues were resolved. All of this waiting came to a head in the year 1492, when the Spanish prevailed against Granada. Grenada's Caliph, Boadbil (thereafter known as "The Unfortunate") was sent into exile while the Royals marched into the magnificance of the Alhambra. Muslims living in Granada were allowed to remain in Spain and practice their religion in freedom as long as they obeyed the law (within ten years, Spain's Muslims would be forced to choose expulsion or conversion while their Korans were destroyed in public book burnings, when a new Grand Inquisitor influenced Isabella to change her policies. This event, according to Reston, is just the sort of outrage which has fueled the Arab/Islamic world's sense of historical revenge for centuries).

Columbus received his funding for his expedition while the royal court was in session at the Alhambra. Meantime, paranoia in Spain whipped up by increasingly outrageous rumors of heresy and atrocities by Jews led to the 1492 royal edict ordering all Jews in the kingdom to convert or to leave the country within three months. Reston's point is that our national creation myth conveniently omits the knowledge that Columbus's first voyage to the New World was made possible by the successful war against Spain's Muslims and the expulsion of over 120,000 Jews on short notice.

Amid the hordes of Jewish refugees crowding roads to leave Spain by sea from the port of Cadiz, Columbus traveled to Palos to take possession of his fleet of three caravels. Reston gives an interesting account of the voyage and of the first contact with the Taino Indians who inhabited the newly-named West Indies. The Europeans were impressed with their friendliness, and especially with their women. Forty men were left behind in the New World to build a village called La Navidad from the ruins of the flagship Santa Maria, which had met with an accident (none were alive to greet Columbus on his return trip). Columbus returned to Europe with samples of foodstuffs, some gold obtained from the Indians, and a number of captives, including women and girls. Another "gift" from the New World to the Old was a disease carried by members of the crew who had had contact with Indian girls; it was soon named syphilis, and its first outbreak in Europe occurred in Barcelona in 1493.

Columbus was instantly famous. He was immediately conferred the title "Don Cristobol Colon, Admiral of the Ocean Sea, viceroy and governor of the lands he discovered", and was invited to the Royal Palace in Barcelona to be honored for his service to Spain. He described the wonders of the island of Hispaniola and Juana (Cuba), claiming that he had discovered a biblical land of gold, and Cipangu (Japan). His lack of contact with any great Asian cities or palaces, or with the Great Khan of Cathay were explained by his claim that he had only been to outlying islands of these countries in the time he had. He believed that Juana, if an island, could be the island that Marco Polo called Java.

All of this is to describe how the years 1492 and 1493 were the epitome of the life of Columbus, who previously had been a very minor character in this eventful era. The legitimacy of Spain's claim to the New World was in jeopardy of being preempted by Portugal. The Spanish royals were anxious for Columbus to lead a new expedition back to Hispaniola in order to protect their new holdings there. Legally, they appealed to the Vatican, the closest institution at the time to an international arbiting body since all European countries' state religion was Roman Catholic. Reston seems to relish that this question was settled by the "disgraceful Alexander VI", the "Borgia pope, the purchaser of the papacy, the Spanish swindler." During this pre-Reformation, scandalized Catholic church, the fix was in for Spain on this issue. A papal bull was issued which drew a line, north to south, across the globe partitioning the oceanic world between Spanish and Portuguese spheres of influence. Portugal, barred from interfering in Spain's New World turf, nevertheless supported this decision since the "right of first discovery" it was built on protected Portugal's current and future interests in Africa and India from Spanish meddling. This bull, and the later Treaty of Tordesillas between the two countries in 1494, ushered in the "Age of Empire" which created America and transformed Europe.

Columbus got his second voyage going in 1493 with a fleet of seventeen ships, sailing from Cadiz. This expedition was paid for by Isabella with funds confiscated from the Conversos. Columbus tried to bring 550 slaves back to Europe, but 200 died on the voyage. Reston notes that the diseases the Europeans brought to the New World, including smallpox, measles, bubonic plague, diptheria, influenza, yellow fever and typhoid eradicated entire Indian populations within two decades, including the Taino. Columbus' career soon also dissolved into greed. slavery, genocide and personal humiliation. The irony, as Reston notes, is that this litany of bad news would largely be forgotten in the popular memory of Columbus.

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May 30, 2009 Heather Palmer marked it as to-read

From the acclaimed author of Warriors of God comes a riveting account of the pivotal events of 1492, when towering political ambitions, horrific religious excesses, and a drive toward international conquest changed the world forever.

James Reston, Jr., brings to life the epic story of Spain’s effort to consolidate its own burgeoning power by throwing off the yoke of the Vatican. By waging war on the remaining Moors in Granada and unleashing the Inquisitor Torquemada on Spain’s Jewish and converso...more

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Jun 20, 2010 Sara rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: history, spain, religion, medieval, own

There's solid history to be found here, but also quite a bit of melodrama. Reston's good at making me think about time periods in ways I never would have otherwise. Somehow it never occurred to me that the Inquisition was happening at the same time as Columbus journeying to the New World.

I was also intrigued by Ferdinand and Isabella's apocalyptic mindset--Ferdinand seeing himself as "the Bat" who would conquer Jerusalem before the second coming of Christ, and Isabella may have thought herself t...more

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Oct 11, 2009 Lauren Albert rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: history-european, religion

So much wonderfully written history out there and so little time. In this book, Reston shows the intersecting histories of Isabelle and Ferdinand's reigns, the battles to win back lands lost to Muslim peoples, the Expulsion of the Jews, the Inquisition (leading up to the terror of Torquenada) and Columbus' voyages of discovery. amazing scholarship and good writing. I learned a lot of surprising things. For instance, the pope apparently tried to reign in the Monarchs and reprimanded them about le...more

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Aug 26, 2010 Michael rated it 4 of 5 stars

It's not a coincidence that in 1492 Ferdinand and Isabelle completed the 700-year "reconquest" of Moorish Spain and also commissioned Christopher Columbus to explore the New World.

In this imperfect but worthwhile narrative, Reston links the rise of Spain as a religious monarchy, primarily powered by war and the Inquisition, to consolidation of power and ultimately the conquest of colonization of new lands.

He does a good job of drawing and humanizing such characters of Isabelle, Ferdinand, the...more It's not a coincidence that in 1492 Ferdinand and Isabelle completed the 700-year "reconquest" of Moorish Spain and also commissioned Christopher Columbus to explore the New World.

In this imperfect but worthwhile narrative, Reston links the rise of Spain as a religious monarchy, primarily powered by war and the Inquisition, to consolidation of power and ultimately the conquest of colonization of new lands.

He does a good job of drawing and humanizing such characters of Isabelle, Ferdinand, the Inquisitor Torquemada, the upstart, social climbing Columbus, Pope Alexander and his vile bastard offspring, the Borgias, and many more obscure historical figures. Granted this is a complex narrative but Reston hurts his cause (for most of the book) by offering too much detail, too many characters. Stay with it as he gains momentum in the last one-third as the Spanish monarchs close in on the final outpost of Granada (taken in an anti-climactic capitulation from the well-named Boabdil the Unfortunate, the final Moorish caliph of Andalusia).

I learned that Columbus, who was elevated to royal status after his 1492-93 expeditions, led two far less successful explorations and died more or less a miserable failure.

Note: I visited many of these sites a few months ago, for example, Seville, one of the world's most charming, exotic and picturesque cities. I learned that the plaza outside the cathedral where I sat sniffing orange blossoms and listening to classical guitar and flamenco was the site of a gruesome podium/smudge pot where hundreds of "heretics" were burned at the stake. And why did the Inquisitors burn at the stake? Because of churchly prescriptions that no blood be spilled in the "relaxation" (this the actual term they used) of heretics.

Finally I praise the author for maintaining a relatively balanced point of view. Only when you get to the epilogue does he reveal a somewhat politcally correct point of view. And while he hardly views such characters as Ferdinand, Isabella, Savonarola and Torquemada as noble, he does seem to respect the true depths, however misguided, of the religious and spiritual passions. (less)

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Mar 13, 2012 Richard Recht rated it 2 of 5 stars

I felt that Reston's descriptions were a bit cursory regarding the political and social dynamics of Spain and the Moors. There was a lot of obscure name dropping that only served to ostensibly prove that he had done his research. After reading this book, I'm only dimly aware of the ancillary characters that surrounded the protagonist figures, Ferdinand and Isabella. If there are those who wish to read a discursive jaunt into religious bigotry and soothsaying superstitions of the medieval past wi...more

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Nov 23, 2012 Dr.sam rated it 4 of 5 stars

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على الجميع قراءة هذا الكتاب الرائع لانه يسلط الضوء على مرحلة مهمة في التاريخ العالمي وهي سقوط غرناطة وبداية عصر الاستكشاف وعصر النهضة .
ايجابيات :
الاسلوب مشوق جداً والربط بين الاحداث المتتالية والمتزامنة في تلك الحقبة التي غيرت وجه العالم وادت الى انهيار دول وقيام دول كان في غاية العبقرية والسلاسة .
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كالعادة معاناة اليهود مضخمة ومصاغة باسلوب عاطفي جداً , ويتبادر الى ذهن القارئ وكأن اليهود وحدهم تضرروا من محاكم التفتيش الهمجية - التي هي وصمة عار في جبين الانسانية - مع العلم ان اليهود الاندلس...more

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Sep 08, 2009 Rick Parent rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This was a great book. This is the kind of book I really like. It was a historical account of Spain in the late 1400's when, as the sub-title says, Columbus was endorsed, the Spanish Inquisition was happening, the Moors had just been defeated, the Jews were ejected, and Spain had been unified under Ferdinand and Isabella. The book gives the historical context for all of this activity and the serendipity nature of history. Keeping the players straight is a little hard to do, however, and the auth...more

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Apr 03, 2010 Hazel rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I've got mixed feelings about this. Reston has clearly done his research. He credits a number of Spanish and Portuguese experts on the period, and uses quite a few contemporaneous sources. Excellent. He's fairly even-handed in representing the perspectives of the Jewish, Muslim and Catholic players of the time, and uses excerpts from scriptural passages sensitively, so we get a feeling for their faiths as motivating force and consoling influence. Very Good.

The factual content is absorbing, and...more

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Jan 08, 2008 bkwurm rated it 3 of 5 stars

1492, famous as the year in which Columbus set off to find the westward route to Cathay and the Indies was also the year in which Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic monarchs, conquered the last Moorish kingdom on the Iberian peninsula, completing the Reconquista and also expelled the Jews from Spain.

This book explores that fateful year and how these events were inter-related. Ferdinand and Isabella, by employing talented Jews to collect taxes and by confiscation of properties of heretics con...more

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May 23, 2007 Freda rated it 1 of 5 stars

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From the attention given to the Jews of Spain and the inattention given to the Muslims, this book suggests that the Spanish inquisition only affected Jews. Over 41 pages are devoted to the sufferings of the Jews under Christian rule, but except for mentioning that after one major defeat, the Muslims were made slaves, the Moors/Muslims are mentioned only in terms of their fighting against Christian Spain, and their infighting among themselves.
Chapter One, titled “The Land of the Infidel” on one...more

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Apr 02, 2013 Eagleheart rated it 4 of 5 stars

A very interesting read, it showcases the power the individual can have on the course of world history. Every player in this play, from Columbus to Ferdinand to Torquemada, their strange origins and how their lives, and the lives of others, combined at one of history's greatest crossroads and forever altered the course of Spanish and World History.

A quick read, it also gives you an interesting perspective on the great betrayal of Spanish Jews and Moors by these 'enlightened' Monarchs.

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Aug 11, 2008 Wendy rated it 4 of 5 stars

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A very interesting (in a disturbing sort of way) about the Inquisition, Christopher Columbus and the "crusade" against the Moors. Learning just how much the Inquisition was a convenient way for the Spanish monarchs to fund the royal treasury (thereby making it possible for them to continue in their battles against the Moors) was very eye opening. The religious components seemed to be somewhat secondary to the opportunity to confiscaste property. That being said, the focus on the ordained quality...more

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Sep 21, 2010 David R. rated it 4 of 5 stars

By and large a fine treatment of a broad theater of activity. Reston gives adequate treatment to the Reconquista, the growth of the Spanish Inquisition, and the Columbus voyage of discovery. These are often treated separately for purposes of achieving depth, but the author manages to develop each and weave them together effectively. His glaring weakness is falling back to almost stereotypical characterizations: the virtuous Isabella, the heroic Columbus, the scheming Ferdinand, the malevolent To...more

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Dec 09, 2009 David rated it 2 of 5 stars

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The story of Ferdinand and Isabel, the reconquest of Spain from the Muslims, the inquisition and expulsion of the Jews and the voyage of Columbus is told here in well-written prose. Reston is a good storyteller and brings the many interesting characters of this period to life. It is a tragic and at times disgusting story. The way the Christians treated the Jews is horrific enough, but reading of the church leaders at that time and their justification and encouragement of it is depressing. All in...more

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Jun 12, 2008 Ryan rated it 3 of 5 stars

A history of the end of the 15th century in Spain and Portugal. "Dogs of God" refers to the spiritual obsessiveness that gripped Iberia at that time in history. It explores how the three main threads of the book - Columbus's expedition to the Americas, the Reconquest of Muslim Spain, and the beginning of the Inquisition - tie together, interweaving, under the "Word of God." These events explode in the pivotal year of 1492, when the Inquisition expels the Jews, the Muslims cede al Andalus to the...more

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Oct 12, 2011 سلمان rated it 5 of 5 stars

ليس غريباً على جيمس رستون أن يبدع وصفاً وتدقيقاً في مثل هذه الكتب...اعتقد انه من اروع الكتب التي قرأت وصفاً لتاريخ امتد من 1095 وحتى 1516 في اوربا ( اسبانيا تحديدا).
لهواة التاريخ من امثالي ;-)
هذا الكتاب ينصح به وحي من الداخل ههههه
دمتم بود

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Jun 22, 2010 Paul rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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The book centers around the year 1492, primarily covering the unification of the Spanish kingdoms, the final defeat of the Moors, and dealing with Jews and Muslims who were hanging out in Spain. "Dealing with" in the convert or die sort of way. It was also nice that it dispelled a lot of the nonsense surrounding Columbus (the nonsense you learn in American schools at least).

It's written in an easy to read narrative style that kept me interested throughout.

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Aug 01, 2012 Daniel Farabaugh rated it 5 of 5 stars

Reston does a very good job of linking his three themes together and showing how events were driven by the messianic dreams of powerful people. His writing was engaging and I liked it better than Warriors of God and The Last Apacolypse. Overall a great read.

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Apr 13, 2012 Megan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Very enjoyable and quite informative. Some battle chapters are somewhat dull, but the overall feel of the book is like a novel. Very interesting to see the correlation between Columbus, the Spanish Inquisition/banishment of Jews and defeat of Spanish Moors.

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Jul 28, 2011 José rated it 2 of 5 stars

I guess I have read so much about Spanish and this time period in particular, I didn't get too much out of this book. However, if you are not me and don't know much about the Inquisition and Reconquista, this might be a worthwhile read.

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Jan 20, 2008 Al rated it 5 of 5 stars

Europe's ventures to the New World grew out of the Inquisition. Torquemada, like the best Nazi functionary, was simply better organized than the other inquisitors. He managed to influence the expulsion of the Moors, the conversos, and the Jews with great prejudice, and that's no metaphor if you know anything about auto de fe. I like the way they termed their tortures "putting it to the question." A nice companion piece to this would be the William Burroughs narrated film, Witchcraft Through the...more

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Jan 10, 2012 John Speight rated it 4 of 5 stars

An enlightening look at a part of history that is usually glossed over. The fight to kick the Moores out of Spain has been won, and now the persecution of the Jews and the exploitation of the new world can begin.

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Jun 02, 2010 Jennifer rated it 3 of 5 stars

When I first started this I really enjoyed it and then about 3/4 of the way through I found myself really feeling bogged down. Still, it does give a perspective I didn't understand about the Inquisition.

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Jul 16, 2012 Jim rated it 5 of 5 stars

A recommend read....read like a novel...Reston (who covered the Nixon-Frost interviews) did an excellent job......it reminded sort of 1492 the movie but this was way way way better.

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Feb 21, 2011 Matthew rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was a really interesting look at late Mediaeval/early modern Spanish history, looking at the wars against the Moors, expulsion of the Jews, and Columbus' discovery of America in 1492.

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