Wolves and Shepherds Part IX: Torquemada in Robes, and Judicial Providence.
Innumerate Judges judging Judges; and, Hanlon's Razor.
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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