European witch trials

1484, King Enoch VIII of France began to issue decrees prohibiting spells and spells. From then on, the witch trial began. Based on the idea that witches or wizards should be punished as heretics, people who use spells, or people suspected of being related to demons, or even people suspected of being witches, are arrested and handed over to the court for interrogation. Once the suspect denies that he is a witch, he is brutally tortured, and there is no way to avoid the witch's guilt. It can be said that there is nothing to do, nothing to do. Moreover, it is said that once she is identified as a witch because of the trial, she will be burned alive by the stake in the presence of many people. It is generally believed that in16th and 7th centuries alone, more than 200,000 people were killed by this "witch hunting". Including the witch trials in Europe, the burning of Bruno and other scientists, and the destruction of primitive religious culture in America, are all revelations from God? Accurately speaking, it was influenced by the Catholic Pope _ _ _ ... and so on. How many bloody actions against pagans and pagans were not carried out on the grounds of "revealing saints in dreams"? Bottom line: Greed and the desire to possess the wealth of the East led to the eight crusades of the Crusaders, and the desire to control the rights of the church without restriction led to the long-term killing of so-called "heretics" in European history. Witch storm originated in France in the13rd century, and then swept across Europe. 1600 is the center of the witch storm. By the end of17th century, its influence extended to the New World America, and then declined rapidly. During this period, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of witches were hanged or burned to death. 15 13 years, 500 people were burned to death in Geneva in three months. 1580, 7000 people were burned to death in two villages in Germany.

There are three reasons for being accused of being a witch: 1. Accusations; 2. Secret report; 3. rumors. Among them, the third type is the majority. In the village, there are usually women who treat others and perform divination. Their profession is a little respectful and a little scary. This kind of woman is the easiest to be rumored as a witch. Secondly, women at the bottom of society are likely to be accused of being witches if they encounter natural disasters or infectious diseases.

Of course, interrogation methods do not use gentle means, on the contrary, they are usually cruel torture. There are many ways to torture. The first stage is to show the suspect all kinds of instruments of torture, or let her listen to the screams of other witches. If you don't confess, you will enter a formal torture.

Among all kinds of torture methods, 1 is the most common. Whipping, intimidation, shiatsu and pulling limbs. 2. Tie your hands behind your back, hang your body, and then drop the rope from the ceiling to make it fall; Press the tibia with an iron plate; Branding; Wear red-hot iron shoes and beat with an iron mallet. 3. Negative torture: hunger, insomnia, kneeling, forced walking. 4, waterboarding: let the witch naked, right thumb tied to the left thumb, left thumb tied to the right thumb, thrown into Hanoi. If you sink, you are not guilty; If you float, you will be hanged. After the above trial, it can be said that as long as it is a suspect, there is no way to get out alive. The death penalty is mainly burning to death.

The last execution of witches in Germany was in 1775. According to the execution amount table in 1757, 49 items were marked during execution. Include: 1. The limbs of four horses; 2. Cut the limbs into four parts; 3. beheading and burning; 4. Cruel punishments, such as hanging and burning to death. And the cost of various props.