| − | Isabella first established the ''Consejo de la Suprema y general Inquisición'' in 1483, designed primarily to operate within the Kingdom of Castile. It was headed by the newly-appointed Inquisitor-General, Fray [[Tomás de Torquemada]]. Torquemada was a [[Dominican]] Friar and [[confessor]] to Isabella. On 17 October 1483 Sixtus IV appointed Torquemada as Papal Inquisitor-General for Aragón, [[Valencia]] and [[Catalonia]], with permanent standing tribunals in [[Saragoza]], [[Barcelona]] and Valencia. This was the first organization in Spanish history that possessed equal powers throughout the entire country. | + | Isabella first established the ''Consejo de la Suprema y general Inquisición'' in 1483, designed primarily to operate within the Kingdom of Castile. It was headed by the newly-appointed Inquisitor-General, Fray [[Tomás de Torquemada]]. Torquemada was a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] Friar and [[confessor]] to Isabella. On 17 October 1483 Sixtus IV appointed Torquemada as Papal Inquisitor-General for Aragón, [[Valencia]] and [[Catalonia]], with permanent standing tribunals in [[Saragoza]], [[Barcelona]] and Valencia. This was the first organization in Spanish history that possessed equal powers throughout the entire country. |