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It’s hard to think of a more appropriate venue for a discussion of the Inquisition than the National Constitution Center. The fact is probably not known to many, but Philadelphia stands at the very ...

The marriage of Ferdinand of Castile and Isabella of Aragon in 1469 united the major Spanish kingdoms and provinces, and now on-paper created a country! Spain! Yet, regional differences, social ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credits: History Channel Secret Files of the Inquisition Season 1 is a 2006 documentary series that explores the Spanish ...

In 1568, in the Spanish city of Toledo, Elvira del Campo was brought before the local tribunal of the Inquisition. Del Campo, a scrivener’s wife, had been accused of avoiding pork—in other words, of ...

As outlined in our previous post, there are very few tales as tall as the tales told of the Black Legend of the Spanish Inquisition and Catholic Spain. Among the many, many lies of the Black Legend of ...