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History of Medieval Inquisition Torture - Heresy
The Medieval Inquisition was the institution of the Roman Catholic Church for combating or suppressing heresy. Heresy is defined as an opinion or belief that which was held deliberately and with knowledge against orthodox church teachings. The Medieval Inquisition was a series of Inquisitions by the Catholic Church to suppress heresy. The first Medieval Inquisition was established in the year 1184 against the Cathar movement. Torture was used after 1252 when Pope Innocent IV issued a papal bull which authorized the use of torture by inquisitors.
Medieval Inquisition TortureFacts and interesting information about Medieval Torture and Punishment, specifically the Medieval Inquisition Torture, used during the era
List of Medieval Inquisition Torture Methods and Devices
The following list of Medieval Inquisition Torture Methods provides an insight to the devices and methods used by the Medieval Inquisition:
Judas CradleStrappadoThe Boot or Spanish bootBrodequin Branding IronsThe CollarRackThumbscrewsThe WheelMedieval Inquisition Torture
During the Medieval times inflicting pain and torture was an accepted form of punishment or interrogation. The cruel and pitiless torturers were induced to inflict the horrors of torture or punishment, including the methods used for Medieval Inquisition Torture, on the pitiful prisoners. Different types of torture or methods of punishment were inflicted, depending on the crime and the social status of the victim, using various methods and various types of devices or instruments during a Medieval Inquisition.
"In certain historical Christian, Muslim and Jewish cultures, among others, espousing ideas deemed heretical has been and in some cases still is met with censure ranging from excommunication to the death penalty.
Galileo Galilei was brought before the Inquisition for heresy, but abjured his views and was sentenced to house arrest, under which he spent the rest of his life. Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy", namely of having held the opinions that the Sun lies motionless at the centre of the universe, that the Earth is not at its centre and moves, and that one may hold and defend an opinion as probable after it has been declared contrary to Holy Scripture. He was required to "abjure, curse and detest" those opinions. [31]
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