One of the most brutal periods throughout Medieval times and also the centuries was the Spanish Inquisition. The series of religious persecutions and laws brought in saw a huge number of people tortured and even executed for being a heretic. The Spanish were intertwined with the Catholic Church, and they sought to rid Spain and Spanish controlled lands of religious criminals. To do this they introduced a number of torture methods that would be used to get someone accused of heresy to confess. Many of these were incredibly barbaric, for example the use of the Rack. The Rack was used in many places, and would result in limbs being ripped from sockets and bones snapping. The Breaking Wheel was also used where a defendant would be strapped to a wheel, before they were battered with clubs and other instruments to break bones.

There were many other torture methods used in the Spanish Inquisition, for example the strappado, a device that suspended someone in the air by their arms and this would usually dislocate shoulders and limbs. The whole point of the Spanish Inquisition was to bring the people into line with regards to religion, and using brutal methods such as these led to thousands of people being executed. It's estimated that well over 30,000 people were executed by the Inquisition.

So join us today as we look at, '5 BRUTAL SPANISH INQUISITION TORTURE METHODS!'

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