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Jul 20, 2022 · A silhouette of the iconic hooded figure famously tortured by U.S. military officials at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison nearly 20 years ago, superimposed on an etching that depicts a torture chamber during the Spanish Inquisition 400 years ago.
- Strappado. The use of the strappado or corda had three variations. The accused would have their hands tied behind their back, similar in nature to modern-day handcuffing.
- Water Torture: Interrogatorio mejorado del agua or toca. Theatrical images of someone having their head held under water to encourage a confession pay homage to toca.
- The Rack. The sounds of someone cracking their knuckles in a quiet space can be very annoying. The popping and cracking sounds can send shivers up someone’s spine.
- The Wheel. The Catherine Wheel, or the Breaking Wheel, was a form of capital punishment adapted from the Rack. For the Spanish Inquisition, torture methods had to provide variety and surprise.
[page needed] According to some scholars, the Spanish Inquisition engaged in torture less often and with greater care than secular courts. When: Torture was allowed when guilt was "half proven" or there existed a "presumption of guilt", as stated in Article XV of Torquemada's instruciones and in Eymerich's directions.
Nov 17, 2017 · Beginning in the 12th century and continuing for hundreds of years, the Inquisition is infamous for the severity of its tortures and its persecution of Jews and Muslims. Its worst manifestation...
English merchant Nicholas Burton is tortured by officers of the Spanish Inquisition while imprisoned in Cadiz, 1560. He converted several of his fellow prisoners to the Protestant faith before he was martyred at the stake.
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Spanish Inquisition, (1478–1834), judicial institution ostensibly established to combat heresy in Spain. In practice, the Spanish Inquisition served to consolidate power in the monarchy of the newly unified Spanish kingdom, but it achieved that end through infamously brutal methods.
Jul 20, 2022 · The tortures of the Spanish Inquisition hold dark lessons for our time. In the catacombs of the Bancroft Library, in a chilled, climate-controlled vault, is a 1,300-page document that tells the horrors of Manuel de Lucena’s life and death as a clandestine Jew during the Spanish Inquisition.
