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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

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España posee el dudoso privilegio de haber creado y conservado durante más de tres siglos uno de los tribunales más severos de la historia moderna de Europa: la Inquisición. Este instrumento político-religioso institucionalizó la intolerancia fomentando la persecución de las minorías religiosas y la represión de cualquier posible desviación de la fe católica.Huyendo de la leyenda negra, pero también de los intentos por minimizar sus crímenes, el prestigioso hispanista Joseph Pérez nos ofrece una visión crítica y actualizada del origen, la estructura, las actuaciones y la...