The Spanish Inquisition The Spanish Inquisition is known for the terror it caused the inhabitants of the Iberian peninsula. The Inquisition began as a way to cleanse the nation of supposed heretics, but eventually came to have more racial and political motives as time wore on. The beginning of the Inquisition is generally credited to the reign of Ferdinand V and Isabella, though the anti-Jewish sentiments have been shown to begin well before their reign. …showed first 75 words of 1521 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1521 total…to satisfy the desire to be as "pure" as possible by either expelling or killing those who were not Christian. Bibliography Bibliography Glick,Thomas F. From Muslim Fortress to Christian Castle. United Kingdom: Manchester University Press, 1995. Hope, Thomas. Torquemada: Scourge of the Jews. Great Britian: Unwin Brothers Unltd., 1939. Johnson, Matthew & Dirksen, Nathaniel. The Spanish Inquisition's Effect on the Church. 1996 http://www.overlake.org/projects/inquisitor.html Plaidy, Jean. The Spanish Inquisition. New York: Citadel Press, 1967.