by Joram Lionheart on Sat Jun 12, 2004 12:55 pm
Inquisition tribunals did not take place inside church buildings. They had special buildings for them (like any other government building). Inquisitors did not act as ordinary priests either (though that's what they were). Inquisition trials also differed from regular secular trials slightly (there was no defense, the prosecution was in charge of proving you guilty or innocent). All in all, the Inquisition killed far less people than most people think. Mostly it was just to punish and scare people into behaving according to the norm, oh and to harass Jews and Muslims for not being Christians, of course.