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Wolves and Shepherds Part IX: Torquemada in Robes, and Judicial Providence.

Wolves and Shepherds Part IX: Torquemada in Robes, and Judicial Providence.

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522 years ago Tomas de Torquemada’s Jesuits had a not so hidden agenda for Spain’s Jews.

Tomas de Torquemada

Brother Tomas was a simple Dominican friar who explained to his potential converts: convert, or flee, and give up your property to the Crown.

Historians still debate the number of Jews expelled; estimates range from 40,000, to 100,000, or more. Th…

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