Person
Tomás de Torquemada
Dominican prior named inquisitor-general of Spain in 1483.
- Dates
- 1420–1498
- Also known as
- Thomas de Torquemada, Torquemada
- Wikidata
- Q210735
Connections 2
head of
- Spanish Inquisition 17 Oct 1483 Inquisitor-General Scholarship & press 1
involved in
- Establishment of the Spanish Inquisition, 1478 named inquisitor-general in 1483 Scholarship & press 1
Timeline 2 dates
- 1420–1498 Tomás de Torquemada
- 17 Oct 1483 Tomás de Torquemada head of Spanish Inquisition
Proof 1 source
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Inquisition (The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906), The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906.
Scholarship & press
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.
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