The Inquisition Unmasked Volumes I and II |
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| Author:
| Puigblanch, Antonio |
| Translator:
| Walton, William |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5396-9008-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2016 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.99 |
Book Description:
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The existence of the Inquisition - such a huge monument of power and fanaticism - should be considered as not only inimical to civil liberty, but also preposterous in the administration of a state. The repeated struggles of the nations to dislodge this tribunal, as well as the revolting acts it had so frequently committed, were fresh in the memories of many; and others were besides sensible that to make man amenable to the tribunals of justice for sentiments originating in and confined...
More DescriptionThe existence of the Inquisition - such a huge monument of power and fanaticism - should be considered as not only inimical to civil liberty, but also preposterous in the administration of a state. The repeated struggles of the nations to dislodge this tribunal, as well as the revolting acts it had so frequently committed, were fresh in the memories of many; and others were besides sensible that to make man amenable to the tribunals of justice for sentiments originating in and confined to his own breast, without having committed any trespass against another, is a surrender of rights never contemplated in the object of society.
Antonio Puigblanch offers a well-documented treatise of the intricate mechanism of the Inquisition, proving step by step the violent system on which it was founded; its organization and its methods of interrogatory and torture.