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[edit] Defence Attorney

The article downplays the role of the defense attorney. Several sources I have read note that the defendants attorney was charged with finding witnesses and recording their testimonies to predetermined questionnaires, which were then considered by the tribunal. I'll edit this in the article soon unless someone does it. Zulu, King Of The Dwarf People (talk) 08:01, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Henningsen-Contreras statistics

I've added the table with the data about the number of trials and executions according to the statistics of Gustav Henningsen and Jaime Contreras. Since the authors themeselves admit that their statistics is far from being complete, I've compared the numbers given by them with the numbers that appear from other available sorces for the respective tribunals. I've based primarily on William Monter, Frontiers of Heresy: The Spanish Inquisition from the Basque Lands to Sicily, Cambridge 2003. CarlosPn (discussion) 31 Oct 2008 22:15 CET

[edit] Edit request from October 31st 2011

See the details of Data, statistics, and accuracy [1] above. The main problem of this article is incompleteness, undue weight, bias, selective use of references aimed to support the user point of view. --71.191.19.40 (talk) 02:39, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. That is a very long section and I am unclear as to what you are requesting to be changed. You can of course discuss your concerns with the article here and see if you can get a consensus to make changes, but {{edit semi-protected}} really should be used when you have a change you want to be made, not to raise general concerns. If you come up with something specific let us know. Thanks, Steven Zhang The clock is ticking.... 08:53, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

[edit] What of this quote?

What of this quote which directly contradicts the low numbers of immolations being cited in this article?

"The horrid conduct of this Holy Office weakened the power and diminished the population of Spain by arresting the progress of arts, sciences, industry, and commerce, and by compelling multitudes of families to abandon the kingdom; by instigating the expulsion of the Jews and the Moors, and by immolating on its flaming shambles more than 300,000 victims."

Jean Antoine Llorentine (secretary to the Spanish Inquisition from 1790-92), History of the Inquistion; as cited in R.W. Thompson, The Papacy and the Civil Power (New York, 1876 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.20.162.79 (talk) 18:14, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

What of this quote? Nothing. This number of victims is totally unfounded and unanimously rejected by all modern historians of the Spanish Inquisition CarlosPn (talk) 18:54, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
  • I do not think that you see beyond your priest's robe. "rejected by all modern historians"?? Ha!--71.178.106.120 (talk) 22:14, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Meaning

I edited out references to being sentenced to the galley. Could someone check the meaning of it in this line? "In the case of men, the penalty was five years in the galley (tantamount to a death sentence)." I doubt people were being sentenced to the ship's kitchen. Umma Kynes 14:08, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

They were being sentenced to royal vessels called galleys. If you clicked on the like you would see the type of vessel being described. The life for rowers was not much different than the slave galleys of ancient Rome hence the mortality.24.124.115.90 (talk) 15:03, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

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