The Inquisitors

by John Edwards

The mentality of Spain's Inquisitors has fascinated people for centuries. This work investigates the Inquisitors-General, both as personalities - psychopaths to soulless bureaucrats - and as actors in the turbulent history of Spain between 1480, when the Inquisition started work, and its final abolition in 1834.

264 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2008

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Reviews

[Michael W. · Rating 2 out of 5]

A scholarly overview of the history of the Spanish Inquisition. Rather dispassionate when when one considers the level of corruption, ignorance and malicious depravity involved in the institution.

[Brian Swain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not much flow here, just a series of bios of the various inquisitors. Useful though.

[Liam Ostermann · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not bad but not great - covers a lot of old ground without anything new to say and quite a bit of old cliché repeated. Not a bad book - but there are better ones about the Inquisition.