The Marrano Factory
Author: António José Saraiva
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9789004120808
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in Portuguese in 1969, this is the only work by Antonio Jose Saraiva available in English and the only single-volume history devoted primarily to the working of the Portuguese Inquisition, a most lucid and compact survey. "The Marrano Factory" argues that the Portuguese Inquisition s stated intention of extirpating heresies and purifying Portuguese Catholicism was a monumental hoax; the true purpose of the Holy Office was the fabrication rather than the destruction of "Judaizers."