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THE CONVERSOS (MARRANOS)
 OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
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-  A BRIEF HISTORY
 

How many people were tortured to death
during the Spanish Inquisition?

Will Durant, The Reformation (1957),
cites Juan Antonio Llorente, General Secretary of the Inquisition from 1789 to 1801
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31,912 people were executed from 1480-1808 and Hernando de Pulgar, a secretary to Queen Isabella, as estimating 2,000 people were burned before 1490. He also cites Hernando de Pulgar, a secretary to Queen Isabella, as estimating 2,000 people were burned before 1490.