[AAABEST]

It’s kind of like the inquisition boogey-man.

Most are ignorant of the fact that much of our modern court systems are modeled after the inquisition. The church imposed a judicial system on the Iberians so that non-Christians would not be railroaded.

The lore far exceeds what actually happened.

[Antoninus]

It’s kind of like the inquisition boogey-man.

That's exactly what it is. A new Black Legend to serve the same kind of political agenda as the original.

And for the record, the Inquisitional courts are considered by many scholars today as the fairest in Europe at the time, to the point where many actual criminals would claim to be heretics in hope of having their trial heard in a more lenient venue.