The namesake of a miser in a series of Perez Galdos novels, legend holds he was so afraid of assassination he kept a unicorn horn nearby to cure poisoning.
The namesake of a miser in a series of Perez Galdos novels, legend holds he was so afraid of assassination he kept a unicorn horn nearby to cure poisoning. His 28 guidelines gave people standards to use when telling on their neighbors. The most public of his actions was at the LaGuardia trial. Known for such methods as the Water Cure, he got his start as a prior at the Monastery of Santa Cruz in Segovia. After serving as Isabella's confessor, he was charged to his task by Pope Sixtus IV, and eventually helped get the Jews banished from Spain. For 10 points, identify this man, the head of the Spanish Inquisition.
The namesake of a miser in a series of Perez Galdos novels, legend holds he was so afraid of assassination he kept a unicorn horn nearby to cure poisoning.
Tomas de {Torquemada} [groan if anyone says, “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.”]