The Jesuits Were the Inquisition’s Secret Weapon
Intending to convert souls rather than punish them, the Jesuits were vital collaborators in the early modern Roman Inquisition.
Intending to convert souls rather than punish them, the Jesuits were vital collaborators in the early modern Roman Inquisition.
The government’s count of its citizens is of enormous value to historians.
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Can we learn from history about how diseases spread, and how we respond to them?