A German historian calculated that between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, about nine million alleged witches were sentenced to die at the stake .Without doubt, manage to survive in those times to the trials of witches in Europe it was extremely difficult, especially since any eccentric or unconventional attitude could be immediately related to heresy or collusion with the devil, and the consequences were terrible...
The problem was not just ignorance of who had the power to punish those who did not fit with the usual canons-whether for their physical, knowledge or attitude-but also the cruelty with which this difference was punished.A lack of humanity that is clearly reflected in the following list with the cruelest evidence in the witch trials in Europe you'll know next.Truly macabre and unimaginable! If the human being was always as creative as when it comes to causing pain, society may have advanced further.
Some of the following images are likely to disturb the impressionable reader.
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Witch trials in Europe, 5 macabre tests
1.The shelf
As rescued in historical records, Germany was the country that most witches executed in the famous Wurzburg Witch Trials held between 1626 and 1631.On average, 900 people were exterminated in five long years of persecution and torture, by the bishop prince Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg.He was a nefarious man who had no mercy when it came to punishing heretics, not even with his family.In one of the many trials he was tried his own nephew, 19 Catholic priests and a group of boys of which seven of them were found guilty for having sex with demons.
To find this verdict, each was subjected to one of the methods cruelest confession that Germany would have created by then: the shelf.
The shelf consisted of an iron frame with wooden rollers, positioned at both ends.The hands would be tied to a roller and ankles, to the other.What this terrible artifact was to pull the limbs with an unbearable tension.Then, most of the defendants ended up dislocated or with their limbs completely separated.The clicks of their own bones made such a frightening sound, and the pain it was unbearable enough to plead guilty just to end the martyrdom.
2.The witch's awakening
What the persecutors dubbed" "the witch's awakening" , is another brutal test made in the witch trials in Europe.Surged in Italy and then was adopted in Scotland to torture innocent souls with a very vile deprivation of sleep.
How did they do it? The defendant wore an iron hoop with four sharp teeth fixed to her mouth.Imagine being subjected to such pain, with a tearing mouth, and being tied to the wall without being able to lie down...there is no way to fall asleep in this situation.
That way they kept it for days, and if I tired of it, those in charge of watching the witch should keep her awake in whatever way.In relation to this, modern science teaches us that sleep deprivation it is causing, among other things, hallucinations and erratic behaviors.But in the past, this series of manifestations were a sign of having "woken up the witch", therefore the defendant should be strangled and burned at the stake.
3.Inmersion
Immersion was the most used and" reliable "method in witch trials in Europe.in tying the ankles and wrists of the accused to a stool, which was attached to a pulley with which submerged the chair in the water .
With immersion they would know that if the victim was guilty, she would use her powers to float, then she would be executed for practicing witchcraft.If she was innocent, she would inevitably sink to background and die drowned.Fatal, right? But the logic in the witch trials in Europe made it clear that the loss of an innocent soul should not be regretted, since it would travel to heaven, a better destination than to live being marked as a witch, according to its point of view.
4.The punch of the witch
In Scotland, punching a witch was a highly profitable job.For example, if a conventional job produced around a shilling, a witch punch could generate about 6 euros per woman.With this interest involved, it was to be expected that this kind of evidence in the witch trials in Europe were innumerable.
The suspects were stripped by men in a public trial and shaves from head to toe, to be subsequently pierced, again and again, with a thick needle with which they would look for the “Devil's mark.” As it happened in others In many cases, many of these women confessed guilty only to ending humiliation, with nudity being the worst grievance in those times, since at that time modesty was highly regarded.
5.The search for the «Devil's nipple»
It was believed that witches' pets were actually demons embodied in the body of an animal .According to this legend, the Devil had granted them an additional nipple with which they would feed the creatures of hell that inhabited their dwelling.Therefore, in the witch trials in Europe they were looking for any unusual birthmarks or moles on the skins of the alleged sorceresses to accuse them of witchcraft.
The punishment was terrifying.One of the best known cases is that of Anna Pappenheimer of Bavaria, who was tortured and forced to admit that she had sex with the Devil.Confessing guilty, her breasts were amputated, introduced into her mouth and then repeated the same with the mouths of her three children.The whole family was sentenced to die at the stake.Unforgivable.
Did you know these macabre forms of torture executed in the witch trials in Europe ? In these processes supposed sorcerers were also executed, however, for some reason, the women were the majority of the victims.Now, we would like to know your point of view.What test caused you more astonishment? We are waiting for your comment!
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