The Inquisition: A Global History 1478-1834 (Past and Present Publications)
"In this important and engaging book originally published in French in 1995, Bethencourt compares and contrasts the activities of the Spanish. Portuguese and Roman Inquisitions.  Highly recommended." -Choice"Bethencourt's scope is undeniably broad: he has worked in archives in Spain, Portugal and Italy, and has an enviable command of the vast secondary literature in several languages... there is also much that is valuable and persuasive in Bethencourt's analysis of the institutional culture of the Inquisition(s)" -Peter Marshall, TLS"...a valuable synthesis and 'systematic macroanalysis' of three inquisitions, which also manages to engage in quite a bit of careful and detailed analysis." -Jane K. Wickersham, European History Quarterly"...coverage of the material is exhaustive, and one can find some really nice gems of comparative analysis here and there.  The illustrations are very good, and the several charts are insightful..." -Patricia Lopes Don, Journal of World History