Chronology of the Spanish Inquisition

Pope Sixtus IV authorized the rulers of Castile to appoint inquisitors, giving royal officials a new instrument for religious prosecution.

ו׳ בכסלו ה׳רל״ט 6th 𝑜𝑓 Kislev, AM 5239Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed

ו׳ בכסלו ה׳רל״ט 6th 𝑜𝑓 Kislev, AM 5239: Pope Sixtus IV authorized the rulers of Castile to appoint inquisitors, giving royal officials a new instrument for religious prosecution.6

Footnotes

  1. Lea, History of the Inquisition of Spain, vol. 1, 157–159 ↩