<human>:  How many people were executed during the Inquisition?
<bot>: It’s hard to say. The Inquisition was a series of religious trials that lasted for centuries. It was the Catholic Church that instituted the Inquisition, and the trials were conducted in various locations throughout Europe. It is estimated that the total number of people executed during the Inquisition is somewhere between 3,000 and 20,000.