How many people died during the Great Plague? How many Jewish people were killed during The Holocaust? How many died in the Congo Civil War? How many died in the Inquisition? How many were killed by the Plague of Athens? How many people died during the French and Indian War?
How many Incan temples are there? How many slaves were there in Ancient Rome? How many Mexican soldiers fought at the Alamo? How many were killed in Nebuchadnezzar's Siege of Jerusalem? How many witches were killed in the Spanish Inquisition?
THE BRITISH INQUISITION; or How the Religious Hatred Bill Threatens Hard-Won Freedoms for Which So Many People Have DiedByline: MELANIE PHILLIPSDaily Mail (London)
The Catholic Church is no stranger to controversy and scandal, whether it be the Crusades or the Inquisition or the role of Catholics in the colonization of the...
Both James’ parents died before my Grandad was born, and his three siblings lived in Yorkshire and the Isle of Wight, which is likely why my grandad never knew a cousin on that side. As to why I love genealogy is a layered answer. I’ve mostly grown up with one side of the family...
Van Helmont and Margaret lived in Vilvoorde and had six or seven children. The inheritance of his wife (and from his father who died in 1580) enabled him to retire early from his medical practice and occupy himself with research for the rest of his life. He had a laboratory built in ...
Living in New York State you might spend an afternoon or ten walking many of the awesome trails that you know about. When that gets more challenging you start to look for new trails, or new experiences. Have you heard of the Appalachian Trail and how to get on the famed, historic trail...
Many songs followed it. “Let it Snow” and “Santa Baby” were written by American Jews; so were “Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland”; “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”; “Silver Bells”; “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”; “Rockin’ Around th...
As heresy and the inquisition of it bloomed in the 13th century AD, the inquisitors lumped all of witchcraft into one main crime – that of heresy. They believed a witch drew her powers not from a love of God, but by a pact with Satan (Davies, 1947; Fox, 1968). In the 15th ...
Imagine how many deaths were experienced and observed-- how much there was to fear and defend against. None of it is true now. No tigers, no cliff dwelling, no inquisition to fear being singled out or fear public speaking, andno reason to reactas if it were still a threat. ...