The Horror Holy Medieval Inquisition -50 million tortured and killed!

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The unwavering evil of the Christian “justice” system and the tools of torture they employed:

The Wheel

Most commonly used in Germany during the Middle Ages, the wheel was a favorite form of execution. The victim was tied to the wheel on the ground and wooden crosspieces were placed under each major joint (wrist, ankles, hips, shoulders, knees). After the pleasantries were observed, the torturer would start hammering the crosspieces with a heavy, iron-enhanced wheel. Following the severe bashing, the victim’s limbs were braided into the spokes of the wheels and displayed to the general public until the victim died.

 

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Medieval Christian Torture Device: The Wheel

 

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Medieval Christian Torture Device: The Wheel

 

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Medieval Christian Torture Device: The Wheel

 

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Medieval Christian Torture Device: The Wheel

 

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The unwavering evil of the Christian “justice” system and the tools of torture they employed:

"The Coffin"

The Coffin Torture was feared throughout the Middle Ages.

The victim was placed inside the "coffin". Torturers were well-known for forcing overweight victims into the device, or even making the "coffin" slightly larger than normal to make the victims more uncomfortable.

The period of time a victim was to be kept inside the coffin was determined by his or her crime. Very serious crimes, such as blasphemy, were punished by death inside the coffin where the victim was to be kept inside under the sun with animals eating his or her flesh.

The coffin was sometimes placed in a public plaza so the local population would congregate around it and mock the unlucky victim. Sometimes death occurred because of the hatred towards the person as others often threw rocks and other objects to further increase the pain.

 

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The unwavering evil of the Christian “justice” system and the tools of torture they employed:

"The Brazen Bull "

When a victim is placed inside the brazen bull, he or she is slowly burned to death. This device gradually became more sophisticated until invented a complex system of tubes in order to make the victim's screams sound like an infuriated ox.

 

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The unwavering evil of the Christian “justice” system and the tools of torture they employed:

"Dunking"

upposed witches. The victim was tied to a chair which was elevated or lowered by the torturer. If he noticed that the victim was going to pass out, he elevated the chair. When he needed information and the victim was unwilling to cooperate, he lowered it. This method was widely used during the Spanish Inquisition and in England and France. The victim was usually intermittently submerged for many hours until he or she revealed information or death occurred.

 

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Medieval Christian Torture Device: Dunking

 

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The unwavering evil of the Christian “justice” system and the tools of torture they employed:

"Judas Chair"

Also known as the Chair of Torture, the Judas Chair was a terrible device of the Middle Ages. It was used until the late 1800's in Europe.

There are many variants of the chair. They all have one thing in common: spikes cover the back, arm-rests, seat, leg-rests and foot-rests. The number of spikes in one of these chairs ranges from 500 to 1,500.

To avoid movement, the victim's wrists were tied to the chair or, in one version, two bars pushed the arms against arm-rests for the spikes to penetrate the flesh even further. In some versions, there were holes under the chair's bottom where the torturer placed coal to cause severe burns while the victim still remained conscious.

This instrument's strength lies primarily in the psychological fear caused on the victims. It was a common practice to extract a confession by forcing the victim to watch someone else be tortured with this instrument.

The time of death greatly varied ranging from a few hours to a day or more. No spike penetrated any vital organ and the wound was closed by the spike itself which delayed blood loss greatly.

 

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Medieval Christian Torture Device: Judas Chair