false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176796414m/654904.jpg 654904 2 The Spanish Inquisition remains a fearful symbol of state terror. Its principal target was the <i>conversos</i>, descendants of Spanish Jews who had been forced to convert to Christianity some three generations earlier. Since thousands of them confessed to charges of practicing Judaism in secret, historians have long understood the Inquisition as an attempt to suppress the Jews of Spain. In this magisterial reexamination of the origins of the Inquisition, Netanyahu argues for a different view: that the conversos were in fact almost all genuine Christians who were persecuted for political ends. The Inquisition's attacks not only on the conversos' religious beliefs but also on their "impure blood" gave birth to an anti-Semitism based on race that would have terrible consequences for centuries to come.<br><br>This book has become essential reading and an indispensable reference book for both the interested layman and the scholar of history and religion. 641006 book 10 1995 The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth-Century Spain total:6|5:4|4:2|3:0|2:0|1:0| 6 28 17 1 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 02 20:55:32 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 21:03:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 06 18:12:37 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 18:12:37 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 02 15:20:09 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 15:20:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 30 07:04:08 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 07:04:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 11 15:39:23 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 15:39:23 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Mar 14 12:11:20 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 12:11:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Dec 26 06:49:40 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 06:49:42 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Oct 14 18:23:58 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 18:23:58 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Sep 20 13:18:18 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 13:18:20 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Sep 12 15:11:01 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 15:11:01 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue May 27 17:11:53 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 17:11:53 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun May 25 22:12:21 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 22:12:21 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Mar 19 05:17:25 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 05:17:25 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Mar 05 20:27:56 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 20:28:05 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Feb 13 03:13:31 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 03:13:31 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jan 14 23:47:37 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 23:47:41 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jul 03 05:21:24 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 05:21:24 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=654904