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Inquisition Spain Inquisition Spain Fiction Marie Louise, of Orleans, Queen, consort of Charles II, King of Spain, 1662-1689 Fiction Middle ages Europe Spain Church history Spain History Spain History 711-1516 Fiction Spain History Charles II, 1665-1700 Fiction Spain Social life and customs Voyages and travels FictionGreen, Toby
Contents: The end of tolerance -- Spreading the fires -- Tortured justice -- Escape 88 -- The enemy within -- Terror envelops the world -- The Islamic threat -- Purity at all costs -- Every aspect of life -- The administration of fear -- The threat of knowledge -- The neurotic society -- Paranoia -- The failure of fear and the fear of failure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 272.2 GREGordon, Cambria
Summary: Isabel Perez is a sixteen-year-old who dreams of writing poetry, love, and being with the young nobleman Diego Altamirano; but in Trujillo, Spain in 1481 such a love is forbidden by the boy's family because Isabel's families are conversos, new Christians,but in the privacy of their home they still practice Judaism--a secret that could destroy them all when the Inquisition reaches Trujillo and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GORNetanyahu, B
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 272.2 NETCarr, Matthew
Summary: "In this gripping historical thriller set in sixteenth-century Spain, a Catholic priest is murdered by a mysterious Muslim avenger as the Inquisition continues to force Moriscos to live and worship as Christians. In March 1584, the priest of Belamar de la Sierra, a small town in Aragon near the French border, is murdered in his own church. Most of the town's inhabitants are Moriscos, former...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARKamen, Henry.
Summary: "Since the sixteenth century, the Spanish inquisition has been synonymous with terror, bigotry, and persecution. In this book, a renowned historian sweeps away old misconceptions and presents a new view of this notorious and fascinating period." "Henry Kamen reassesses the significance and consequences of the expulsion of the Jews and also argues that there is little evidence for the alleged...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 272.2 KAMSummary: Told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Set against political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army. Captures the essence and beauty of Goya's work which is best known for both the colorful depictions of the royal court and its people, and his grim depictions of the brutality of war and life in 18th...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GOYWilson, G. Willow
Summary: From award-winning author G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King is an epic journey set during the reign of the last sultan in the Iberian peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition. G. Willow Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen was an NPR and Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and it established her as a vital American Muslim literary voice. Now she delivers The Bird King , a stunning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Wilson 2019Harrison, Kathryn.
Summary: The interwoven lives of two doomed women during the Spanish Inquisition, both accused of being witches. One is Francesca, a merchant's daughter who had an affair with a priest, the other is Queen Maria Luisa who has failed to produce an heir. One will perish at the stake, the other by being poisoned. By the author of Exposure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARSummary: The union of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, two able rulers known jointly as the Catholic Monarchs, set the stage for the unification of Spain religiously as well as politically and economically. This program utilizes dramatizations, location footage of historical landmarks, and maps to illustrate their consolidation of power, including the final conquest of Granada, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The union of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, two able rulers known jointly as the Catholic Monarchs, set the stage for the unification of Spain religiously as well as politically and economically. This program utilizes dramatizations, location footage of historical landmarks, and maps to illustrate their consolidation of power, including the final conquest of Granada, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005