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The history of the Inquisitions, including the secret transactions of those horrific tribunals

1810 Subjects: Human rights, Religion Forms: Essays Translation Status: Source-text English London URL

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John Stockdale
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Storia delle Inquisizioni coll'esposizione di alcuni atti segreti di questi orribili tribunali translation

Notes

From The Advertisement:

'[The Editor] received the "Histoire des Inquisitions Religieuses, par Joseph Lavallée", and immediately commenced the translation of it; conceiving that, particularly at the present moment, it could not fail to be acceptable to the public. In the progress of this labour, however, he found it advisable to dismiss the idead of a mere translation, and he formed, instead of it, upon the superstructure of the French author, a compilation which may in fact be considered a new work, wherein is considered all the authentic information of former writers relative to the origin, rise and downfall of the most tremendous and execrable tribunal that over cursed ill-fated nations'.