By selecting the title as "Trinity", likely Fred was constrained to refer to only three names often quoted by the Goa-Inquisition bashers. However if one surfs the web for the hate-Goa (specially hate-Christian) sites, one encounters several other names excluded from "The Inquisition trinity". A listing can be obtained for the many already existing 'well researched' blogs about the Inquisition in Goa one of which is: http://www.dightonrock.com/inquisition_goa.htm The link shows the publicity given to events in Goa based on history from "historians". These include Memoirs of Goa authored by Alfred de Mello; who was much feted on Goan web-sites and celebrated in Goa last year. The Joao Felix Pereira is another author in the web-page . He states about Goa "thousands of victims died at the stake in flames" (Historia de Portugal, 3rd edition, pg 235). The same claim is made by some on Goanet repeatedly. The problem with Pereira's account is the "thousand of victims died at the stake in flames" is not corroborated by any document researched by contemporary historians. I find it interesting that as a history buff, when I was pursuing and analyzing the writings on Goanet and elsewhere, about the much talked about Goa's Inquisition, I was pilloried with claims that I was no historian. I am sure the authors of these posts and the many seasoned goanetters remember those posts.
It is nice to know that the members of the 'The Inquisition Trinity' named by Fred, none of them is a historian. Yet individuals who condemned my writings were referring (without reading) the writings of these individuals whom Fred gave a good expose. Regards, GL ----------------- Frederick Noronha I've long wondered over the identity and ideology of a small set of people who have shaped the globe's understanding of the Goa Inquisition. Recently, coming across more critical views[1] that challenges our traditional understanding of the Inquisition only made one more puzzled.
