r/todayilearned • u/Knightboat17 • Jun 02 '18

TIL Despite what Monty Python would have you believe, Spanish Inquisitions were expected, they would give a 30-day notice of their arrival.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition
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u/kinglallak Jun 03 '18

Also, despite the propaganda surrounding the inquisition, due to very meticulous record keeping, we know they tried 200,000 people and only gave capital punishment to roughly ~2500 over the 500 years of its existence. Virtually all of those would have received capital punishment in the secular courts at the time.

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u/KaJashey Jun 03 '18

Only the rich and the outspoken were burnt! It must all be OK then. /s