Tomas De Torquemada: The Grand Inquisitor

Tomas De Torquemada was the controlling force of the Spanish Inquisition. He presided over the systematic purging of so-called heretic Jews that has gone down in history as one of the worst religious persecutions of all time. But was he the monster that history has painted? In this week’s Biographics, we uncover the real story of Tomas De Torquemada. →Subscribe for new videos every Monday and Thursday! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Visit our companion website for more: http://biographics.org Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Steve Theunissen Producer - Jack Cole Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to biographics.email@gmail.com Other Biographics Videos: Napoleon Bonaparte: The Strategic Genius https://youtu.be/7wXauVk7DXs?list=PLy3kHTZWA8OjhReWy8qPHMXDtTr-Ezp84 Joseph Stalin: The Red Terror https://youtu.be/KqfcpNrcGb0?list=PLy3kHTZWA8OjhReWy8qPHMXDtTr-Ezp84 Source/Further reading: Rafael Sabatini: Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition William Thomas Walsh: Characters of the Inquisition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_de_Torquemada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpZpgx0VI-o