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To: TimF who wrote (230589)	4/25/2005 2:55:29 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573420

I think the 50 million figure for the inqusition is a total fantasy. The 2,000 figure is low for the whole inquistion but it wasn't for the whole period where there was anything called an inquisition going on. It is an estimate of the number of death sentances carried out (not all death, just death by planned execution), during the Spanish Inquisition (the most notorious but not the only inquisition). The total deaths from the inquisition, might be 5,000 to 10,000, it might be 50,000, maybe more, but there is no way its close to 50 million. I suspect you are probably right re. the 50 million figure. However, 2k is way low even for the Spanish Inquisition alone. I think the figure below of 50k for Spain and Portugal is probably very close to reality. "By the second half of the 18th century, the Inquisition abated, due to the spread of enlightened ideas and lack of resources. The last auto-da-fe in Portugal took place on October 27, 1765. Not until 1808, during the brief reign of Joseph Bonaparte, was the Inquisition abolished in Spain. An estimated 31,912 heretics were burned at the stake, 17,659 were burned in effigy and 291,450 made reconciliations in the Spanish Inquisition. In Portugal, about 40,000 cases were tried, although only 1,800 were burned, the rest made penance." jewishvirtuallibrary.org