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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1577 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

1401–1500

The Fifteenth Century

1 work

1484, expanded 1488 and 1498

Spanish

The Instructions of the Spanish Inquisition

Tomás de Torquemada · 1420–1498

The operating rules of the Spanish Inquisition: how to publish an edict of grace, take denunciations, sequester property, and conduct an auto-da-fé.

Western · Procedure