The Spanish Inquisition : A Historical Revision

Author: Kamen, Henry

Spain

Published on 27 May 2014 by YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United States.

Paperback / softback | 512 pages, 14 b-w illus.
235 x 156 x 27 | 656g

In this completely updated edition of Henry Kamen’s classic survey of the Spanish Inquisition, the author incorporates the latest research in multiple languages to offer a new—and thought-provoking—view of this fascinating period. Kamen sets the notorious Christian tribunal into the broader context of Islamic and Jewish culture in the Mediterranean, reassesses its consequences for Jewish culture, measures its impact on Spain’s intellectual life, and firmly rebuts a variety of myths and exaggerations that have distorted understandings of the Inquisition. He concludes with disturbing reflections on the impact of state security organizations in our own time.