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Hardcover in publisher’s non price-clipped dust-jacket. 369 pages. Includes: Notes, Select Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with 8 pages of half-tone images. First edition. “Henry Kamen reassesses the significance and consequences of the expulsion of the Jews and also argues that there is little evidence for the alleged Jewishness of the conversos who were the Inquisition’s first victims. He presents a major revision of the impact of blood purity prejudices on Spanish society, revises the figures given for execution of heretics by the tribunal, and examines the amount of Spanish persecution in the context of executions in neighboring countries. He gives a completely new picture of the infamous censorship system, showing it to be much less effective than is often presented, and he investigates the role played by foreign propaganda in the creation of the diabolic image of the Inquisition.”–[Jacket]. No previous ownership marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. A clean, fresh, unmarked copy in like dust-jacket. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket.