A Short History of the Inquisition
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: January 16, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 712
ISBN-13: 9780766130852
Subjects: World history: c 500 to C 1500; Medieval; History; History / Medieval; Inquisition; History - General History
First sentence: At root the word Inquisition signifies as little of evil as the primitive "inquire," or the adjective "inquisitive"; but as words, like persons, lose their characters by bad associations, so "Inquisition" has become infamous and hideous as the name of an executive department of the Roman Catholic church.