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(Encyclopedia)Inquisition ĭnˌkwĭzĭshˈən [key], tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church established for the investigation of heresy. The Spanish Inquisition was independent of the medieval Inquisition. It was...Torquemada, Tomás de
(Encyclopedia)Torquemada, Tomás de dā tôrkāmäˈᵺä [key], 1420–98, Spanish churchman and inquisitor. A Dominican, he became confessor to Ferdinand II and Isabella I and in 1483 was appointed inquisitor ge...Lea, Henry Charles
(Encyclopedia)Lea, Henry Charles lē [key], 1825–1909, U.S. historian, b. Philadelphia. He was associated with the family publishing business for many years, but his real interest was in historical work. Working ...Abascal, José Fernando de
(Encyclopedia)Abascal, José Fernando de hōsāˈ fĕrnänˈdō dā äbäskälˈ [key], 1743–1827, Spanish viceroy of Peru (1806–16). During the South American revolt against the colonial rule of Spain, he skil...Medina, José Toribio
(Encyclopedia)Medina, José Toribio hōsāˈ tōrēˈbyō māᵺēˈnä [key], 1852–1930, Chilean scholar. He traveled widely in Latin America, Europe, and the United States, collecting documents relevant to Lati...Herculano de Carvalho e Araújo, Alexandre
(Encyclopedia)Herculano de Carvalho e Araújo, Alexandre əlēshäNˈdrə ərko͞oläˈno͝o ᵺĭ kərväˈlyo͝o ĕ ərouˈzho͝o [key], 1810–77, Portuguese historian. One of the outstanding thinkers of his tim...Nobili, Roberto de
(Encyclopedia)Nobili, Roberto de rōbĕrˈtō dā nōˈbēlē [key], 1577–1656, Italian Jesuit missionary. He was ordained in Rome in 1603 after seven years of training in Naples and sailed the following year for...Abano, Pietro d'
(Encyclopedia)Abano, Pietro d' pyāˈtrō däˈbänō [key], 1250?–1316?, Italian physician and philosopher, a professor of medicine in Padua. His famous work Conciliator differentiarum was an attempt to reconcil...Isla, José Francisco de
(Encyclopedia)Isla, José Francisco de hōsāˈ fränthēˈskō dā ēˈslä [key], 1703–81, Spanish Jesuit preacher and writer. Enormously precocious, he took his law degree at 11. Isla's fame rests on the satir...Tassoni, Alessandro
(Encyclopedia)Tassoni, Alessandro älĕs-sänˈdrō täs-sôˈnē [key], 1565–1635, Italian poet. He spent much of his life in the service of Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy and Francesco I of Modena. His sharp lette...Browse by Subject
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