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To: Grainne who wrote (67652)	12/21/1999 12:59:00 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

I should have been more specific. Under the Spanish Inquisition instituted by Queen Isabella no witches were burned. That doesn't cover the more generic, larger Inquisition. I saw it on TV so it must be true. It was a one hour show on the History channel with Roger Mudd as host. They talked about how the Tower of London was a veritable torture chamber. But you know how the perfidious Brit historians can be. They took their own misdeeds and transferred them to the Spanish. I looked at nihil's link. It is a Gnostic website. I think they might have a slight bias on this question. I noted with interest that the period and place they cite as the most bloody was the late 1500's in Northern Europe. That region was overrun with Reformationist fanatics if Im not mistaken. It's a rather morbid game, but I think if you tally the number of witches burned by the Catholic Church against those burned by the Protestants, it is Protestants who were the zealous witch burners. I'll take a look at your links in the morning. Good night.