“In 1478 at the request of the Spanish sovereigns Ferdinand and Isabella, Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84) issued a papal bull allowing for the creation of the Spanish Inquisition. It lasted until it was ...

During the Jewish golden age in Spain, from about AD 900 to 1300, Jews contributed to the economy, arts, and pursuit of scientific knowledge that thrived during the sometimes uneasy coexistence of ...

An auto-da-fé − a public punishment for heretics − in San Bartolome Otzolotepec, in present-day Mexico. Museo Nacional de Arte via Wikimedia Commons Every few years, a story about Columbus resurfaces: ...

(JTA) — The world’s longest-running festival dealing with the Spanish Inquisition kicks off next week, celebrating the culture, heritage and history of the hundreds of thousands of Jews who were ...

Little is written in American history books about the hidden Jews of the Southwest, and many people have never heard of them. But some of the ancestors of present-day residents of New Mexico were ...

(JTA) — Here’s something no one expected: A reputable conservative magazine has published a column defending … the Spanish Inquisition. To be clear, this is not Monty Python. This is a column in the ...

“Nobody,” the Monty Python skit goes, “expects the Spanish Inquisition,” and the same goes for visitors to the Prado Museum in Madrid. Turning a corner on the second floor, viewers come face-to-face ...

(JTA) — Here’s something no one expected: A reputable conservative magazine has published a column defending … The Spanish Inquisition. To be clear, this is not Monty Python. This is a column in the ...

A Spanish official has given what is being heralded as the country’s first formal apology for the Inquisition’s killing of Jews. On the island of Mallorca, where 37 Jews were killed in 1691 for ...

Leigh Bardugo‘s latest adult fantasy novel, set during the Spanish Inquisition, is a slice of history with a fantastical twist. Set in 16th-century Madrid during the reign of King Philip II, The ...