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Establishment of the Spanish Inquisition, 1478

Papal bull of 1 November 1478 that let the Spanish crown name inquisitors.

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1 Nov 1478

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  • Sixtus IV issued the bull; in 1482 wrote to the monarchs of his dissatisfaction Scholarship & press 12
  • Tomás de Torquemada named inquisitor-general in 1483 Scholarship & press 1
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  1. 1 Nov 1478 Establishment of the Spanish Inquisition, 1478
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  1. Inquisition (The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906), The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906. Scholarship & press
    The two inquisitors at Seville were so cruel that complaints were made to Sixtus IV.
    who addressed a brief (Jan. 29, 1482) to the royal couple, amending the bull of Nov. 1, 1478, and expressing his dissatisfaction.
    On Oct. 17, 1483, Thomas de Torquemada, then sixty-three years of age and prior of a monastery at Segovia, his native city, was appointed inquisitor-general.
  2. Spanish Inquisition (EBSCO Research Starters), EBSCO. Scholarship & press
    It was formally initiated on November 1, 1478, by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II and Isabella I, following a papal bull that granted them the power to appoint inquisitors.
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