Shedding light on the Inquisition

A very interesting piece on National Review by Thomas F. Madden on the Inquisition, and on a report made available last Tuesday:

In 1998 the Vatican opened the archives of the Holy Office (the modern successor to the Inquisition) to a team of 30 scholars from around the world. Now at last the scholars have made their report, an 800-page tome that was unveiled at a press conference in Rome on Tuesday.

Engaging reading, especially to those with an interest in History and the role that propaganda can play on what is written down as fact, despite little or nil evidence to support it.