In his brilliant introduction to the Carnesecchi trial (rev. this Journal lvi [2005], 529–33), Massimo Firpo illustrated the creation of a myth by the founding fathers of the Roman inquisition, telling how they had saved the Church from a succession of weak popes and crypto-Protestants. The essays in the volume under review are prefaced by a contemporary counter-myth, namely that Dominicans have simply to hang their heads over the history of their order between the Council of Trent and the Second Vatican Council. Fortunately, the contributions to this volume display a high level of securely documented research, some of which has already found its way into monograph form, which should help in the long run to bring about a critical and historically grounded evaluation of the inquisitorial turn in Italian life.