THE SPANISH INQUISITION. PART SIX
Ferdinand V and Isabella 1 were determined that their Spanish Inquisition should be far more zealous, unrelenting and cruel in its suppression of heresy than the Roman ( or Papal ) Inquisition that existed elsewhere. Pope Sixtus 1V gave them the power to appoint three bishops to oversee the running of the Inquisition, and to replace or dismiss them at will. In reality power was vested in the monarchs and Torquemada. ( Ferdinand was subsequently to defy Popes in a manner that in anyone else would... Sign in to see full entry.