Thomas de Torquemada is famous for his part in which event?
Tomás de Torquemada September 16, 1498, and was interred there. His tomb was ransacked in 1832—only two years before the Inquisition was finally disbanded. His bones were allegedly stolen and ritually incinerated as though an "auto-da-fé" took place. Tomás de Torquemada Tomás de Torquemada (October 14, 1420 – September 16, 1498) was a Castilian Dominican friar and first Grand Inquisitor in Spain's movement to homogenize religious practices with those of the Catholic Church in the late 15th century, otherwise known as the Spanish Inquisition, which resulted in the expulsion from Spain of thousands of people of Jewish and Muslim faith and heritage and
Antonio de Torquemada Antonio de Torquemada "For other people with this surname, see Torquemada" Antonio de Torquemada (circa 1507, León, Spain - 1569), was a Spanish writer of the Renaissance. He studied humanities in Salamanca. Between 1528 and 1530 he lived in Italy and he was secretary of the Count of Benavente. He composed popular works that were translated in France, Italy and England. His "Satirical Colloquies" are developed in a pastoral frame, that is an advance to the pastoral literature. His most famous work, "Garden of Peculiar Flowers", was mentioned by Miguel de Cervantes in the first part of "Quijote". His complete