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Read the article: How Many People Did the Spanish Inquisition Really Kill?
How Many People Did the Spanish Inquisition Really Kill?
Not 300,000, and not 31,912. Historians now count roughly 3,000 to 5,000 executions. Here is where the famous figures came from, and why they fail.

Father Daniel RourkeNovember 11, 2026 · 8 min read