“I think Kamen is disputed,”
He is not disputed on any major estimate - SINCE HE BASES ALL OF HIS ESTIMATES ON ACTUAL INQUISITION SOURCES.
“... and while i believe figures are exaggerated, here is one man’s work to consider: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~plaisted/estimates.html";
What you’ve linked to is an atrociously ridiculous collection of fraudulent works like Llorente’s. Notice that
David A. Plaisted relies on anti-Catholic works from the nineteenth century. For his conclusions he doesn’t he use works - verified works - based on the actual sources of the inquisition. Why not??? Also, it should be noted that Plaisted doesn’t even have an accurate estimate of the population of Europe in the Middle Ages let alone an estimate of those executed. That webpage isn’t taken seriously by any reputable historian - whether Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox or secular humanist.
The fact that he doesn’t use the most well known and most well researched sources - HE USES NOT A SINGLE SOURCE FROM THE INQUISITION FOR INSTANCE - won’t stop a single anti-Catholic from relying on him. To them the facts just don’t matter.
Thank you for the research. It was posted not as fact but for consideration as something i had come across who gave large numbers, and invited critique, after i said i believed numbers were exaggerated. Again, thanks for the critique, as i am interested in accuracy.