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Inquisition, The

The book begins with a fascinating look at the origins and reasons for the Inquisition, which was an institution quite broader than just the Spanish variety. It’s an eye-opener and it helps put a perspective on how the Papacy dominated and influenced the course of politics in the Middle Ages. The Inquisition was perhaps the first institution that used the mass public as a political tool, if only through fear.

While it makes interesting bedside reading, and I criticize not the validity of their work, the book is not a piece of academic work. Nor does it reveal anything too gory or too shocking that challenges the reader to think.