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The Inquisition in horror literature
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joysilenceLJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY dfordoom)
The Inquisition plays a major role in many early gothic novels, like Ann Radcliffe’s The Italian. Are there any more recent horror novels that have used the Inquisition as a major element?
Or if not the Inquisition, what about things like the witch hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries?
dfordoom)The Inquisition plays a major role in many early gothic novels, like Ann Radcliffe’s The Italian. Are there any more recent horror novels that have used the Inquisition as a major element?
Or if not the Inquisition, what about things like the witch hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries?
