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To: Axenolith
The monarchy may have been the instigators, but whoever orders such action and whoever condones it probably is serving as the pleasure toy of a hentai demon in the bowels of hell...

I'm wondering what you're on, that's just creepy. I'll also recommend Kamen's The Spanish Inquisition to you. Although the book is primarily about the Spanish inquisition he does go into the subject of the Expulsion.

48 posted on 08/18/2006 11:50:40 PM PDT by BarbaricGrandeur
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To: dervish; Axenolith; dsc; Jedi Master Pikachu; Prost1
Be warned I'm about to get on a soapbox...

It's a great irritation of mine as a history major when I see people make historical claims without baking up their assertions with scholarly arguments and or primary sources, especially on the Internet; which is both one of the greatest tools for research man has ever invented and one of the greatest obstacles to same. Now when disagreement arises between one or more scholarly secondary sources go to the primary, or pick the scholar who relies on them more. But the rule of thumb for Internet research is, unless it's from someplace like “Britannia.com” or another site affiliated with serious academic research don't use it, just ignore it. Speaking as someone who has been slaped down by professors for using the “facts” one can easily find one the Internet in the past, I can with confidence say, “better safe than sorry.”

Now I've referred to a scholarly work (Kamen's The Spanish Inquisition) which is one of the best books out there to included current research on the subject. Kamen is a good writer with no bias for the Church, and he does not gloss over the very real abuses committed in the name of that institution by its members working in inquisitorial tribunals. More importantly his book is, as I said above, well researched with good notes relying on contemporary sources; not only from the inquisition itself but also contemporary Jewish writings. Now you can throw all the un-sourced “facts” at me you want, but I wish someone would do me the courtesy of at least assuming I have a library card.

59 posted on 08/19/2006 12:26:01 AM PDT by BarbaricGrandeur
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