Talk:Tomás de Torquemada/@comment-1509826-20131208180506/@comment-1509826-20140501222612

Well when you read the actual non biased/anti-catholic history, he doesn't particually come across as bad as you would expect.

The entire Spanish Inquisition is no where near as bad as many people think of it, during its existence it was seen favourably by many, it did kill and torture a lot of people, but we have to put it in perspective with the times, the only reason it killed several thousands, was cause it was going on for a three hundred years. There are organisations that kill more than that in weeks. At the time some people actually tried to get there cases shifted to inquisition cause they were considered fairer and less corrupt than the state courts of the time.

He's pretty much the same, a villainous man, but no where near as awful as he's made out to be. At his worst, he was a bigoted fanatic, who ran a very strict and powerful organisation.