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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 272.20946 EAN: 9780895553263 Edition: New edition ISBN: 0895553260 Label: TAN Books and Publishers Manufacturer: TAN Books and Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 298 Publication Date: December 01, 1987 Publisher: TAN Books and Publishers Studio: TAN Books and Publishers Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Famous author and historian William Thomas Walsh states in the foreword to his book " that there is no sense in reviving so painful and controversial a subject as the Inquisition if the motive is merely to add fuel to ancient hatreds which still divide man from man, and men from God... but there is always something to be gained in the search of truth for the sake of truth itself." Armed with this spirit, the trenchant and balanced intellect of this eminent scholar goes on to illuminate a divisive subject as few have or ever will, giving a series of detailed historical sketches on the most famous - or infamous - "characters" associated with the Inquisition. Serious students and casual readers alike will understand the historical context, motivations and long-term effects that the actions of these "characters" had on their countries as well as on the world. Walsh is unyielding to those who would either shed undue praise upon the Inquisition, or grossly exaggerate its faults; throughout his work he deftly lays to rest scores of popular myths, even showing how inquisitors often brought calm and order to the most volatile of situation, in the most trying of times. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - This book is awesome!This book is awesome. The hardcover edition has been long out of print until now. Take advantage of this great book at a great price. The Catholic Church is God's gift to us. Rating:  - An anti-semitic exercise in logical gymnastics,in which a Catholic apologist seeks to justify atrocities like the persecution of the Conversos and the execution of religious dissidents. This book is truly repulsive, made even worse by 21st century reviewers who are willing to lap up this moral garbage and cite it as "the truth." An example of Mr. Walsh's arguments: "Finally, let us be realistic about the matter - there is a quality in the Jews which does not exist in any other race...is it not possible, is it not indeed obvious, ... Read More Rating: - Outstanding!In this tremendously important book, Catholic historian William Thomas Walsh successfully destroys one of the greatest myths of history, that of the perfidy of the Inquisiton. He does this in remarkable fashion, starting with the venerable Moses as the first Inquisitor, then describing the papal Inquistions, and finally devoting the bulk of the corpus of his important work to the much maligned and little understood Spanish Inquisition. In regard to the latter, Walsh provides insights ... Read More Rating: - Busting the myths of the InquisitionTrying to find a Catholic apology for the Inquisition in the English language, or even an objective work for that matter, is a difficult prospect. Hundreds of years of anti-Catholic scholarship, hyperbole and outright fabrication has left the world with a notion of the Inquisition that allows it to be mentioned along side Hitler's Holocaust and Stalin's Gulags as singular historical atrocities. Though he himself admits that this book is inadequate as a comprehensive answer to the Inquisition ... Read More Rating:  - Nobody Accepts the Spanish Inquisition!This book is a bit dated, but useful nonetheless. Walsh is unbashedly Catholic, but for me (also a Catholic) this book was a good eye-opener to the world in which the inquisition operated. I now believe that there was nothing intrinsically evil with its institution, abuses notwithstanding. Wlash does sometimes tend to over-defend the inquisitors and their methods, but he does eventually get around to gicing them their due criticisms. There are a few things I would change about this book. ... Read More 
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