"Gilbert Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You know the word Inquisition and beyond that you DON'T KNOW (the >facts) and DON'T CARE about the realities or the terminology. >
I know very little about the Goan inquisition. But if I wanted to know about it, I would choose to read at least one of the several scholarly books written on it by real historians, and glean some hard facts from this exercise, rather than rely on someone's conjectures, speculations and suppositions. Some of the hard facts that I know so far are as follows. The word inquisition is part of the recorded history of Goa, just as it is part of the recorded history of Europe. I know the name of the Catholic priest who appointed the first Goan inquisitor. I know the names of four physicians who were convicted by this Holy Office, two of whom were each burned at an auto da fe. In another case, the mortal remains were exhumed and burned many years after their interment. In the fourth case, the convicted individual was imprisoned and then consigned to hard labor on a galley. I know that there was a dreaded palace of the inquisition in Goa. I also know that thousands of records pertaining to the Goan inquisition were destroyed some time during the 19th century. Cheers, Santosh ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
