Inquesition

Inquesition INQUISITION In 1320 the inquisition added witchcraft to its list of heresies. Many styles of torture had been invented so as to inflict the most horrific pain on the poor victim without killing them. The worst of these were turned upon those accused of witchcraft. With pope innocent v111 issuance of his papal bull against witches in 1484, the torture of people accused of being a witch reached fanatical proportions. The worst tortures occured in Germany and France. Millions of innocent people were tortured and murdered during the inquisition. The inquisitors followed procedures set forth by the dominican monks of pope innocent v111. At first the poor accused were told to confess. They were then stripped naked, shaved, pricked with needles for insensitive spots and then examined for marks of the devil. Before the torture started, the victim was told what was about to happen and in many cases this forced the accused to commit to whatever the inquisitors wanted. It was noted that a person who refused to talk even under torture was being aided by the devil. While the poor victim was being tortured a clerk recorded what was said. In many cases the clerk recorded things that inquisition, witchcraft, victims, torture, victim, poor, out, accused, water, tortures, poured, inquisitors, innocent, even, being, worst, while, v111, tortured, told, things, tear, set, said, red, recorded, pope, place, people, pain, off, needles, millions, irons, hot, hands