{"product_id":"the-inquisition-victor-g-johnson-9798182096997","title":"The Inquisition: How the Spanish Church Used Fear, Heresy Trials, and Torture to Control an Entire Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey called it the Holy Office. The prisoners called it something else entirely.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor centuries, the Spanish Inquisition has been history's most feared institution - a name that conjures torture chambers, mass burnings, and a Church that ruled through terror. But what if almost everything you believe about it is wrong? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Inquisition\u003c\/i\u003e pulls back the curtain on one of history's most misunderstood chapters. Drawing from official tribunal records, survivor testimonies, and the groundbreaking research of historians who spent decades inside the archives, this book separates documented fact from five centuries of deliberate myth - and what the records reveal will genuinely surprise you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew people know that the death toll commonly quoted in popular culture is inflated by a factor of forty. Few people know that torture was applied to fewer than twelve percent of defendants - or that two thirds of those never confessed at all. Few people know that the institution's fearsome global reputation was largely manufactured by political enemies who needed a monster and found one ready-made. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut the story is far darker and far more human than the legend ever allowed.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside these pages you will follow the Inquisition from its bloody origins in the Cathar crusades of medieval France through the political ambitions of Ferdinand and Isabella, through the forced conversions, mass expulsions, and public burnings that shaped a civilization - and through the propaganda machine that rewrote its history for centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is for readers who want history told honestly - without sanitizing the cruelty or accepting the mythology. Whether you are a student of European history, a lover of narrative nonfiction, or simply someone who suspects the real story is always more complicated than the one you were taught, this account was written for you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe truth behind the torture chambers is stranger, more troubling, and more relevant than you ever imagined.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGet your copy today and discover the history they spent five centuries trying to rewrite.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victor G. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798182096997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Victor G. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173990899967,"sku":"9798182096997","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-inquisition-victor-g-johnson-9798182096997","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}