Yes thats right I will be talkingabout my least loved period of history, "THE INQUISITION"!!! It was a time of uneasyness these inquisitorial times, and the catholic church was lacking in strength. This was because all the villagers could not get to church to have the sermons shoved down their throats most of the time, or they were worshippers of the land, not what they saw to be a false god. Now along comes one bright person who says "Why not just go out, kill and torture those that don't follow our ways" so guess what they did people, they went out and did exactly that. It started with the pagans who "by beliving in the land and not god where sinning and consorting with the devil" those that didn't convert were slain usually on the spot, so as to deter any others from doing the same and diminishing the churches already low attendance. Then we come to the witches, oh what a broken subject this is. A witch was usually a woman who spoke out against the church, which in the churches eyes means consorting with the devil, they even burnt female healers because they didn't understand how their work was done so it must not be a way of god. Now these people had it worst off of all they got the worst example made out of them with the witch tests, most of which would not be survived by even a normal human. I will name two of them here:
Drowning method: Tie you up and throw you in the river with rocks. If you float your a witch and will be burnt on the stake, if you sink you are pure of soul and will go straight to heaven after you drown
Branding method: You must walk ten paces (metred and measured by the local priest) whilst holding a red hot iron bar. If you dropped the bar or stepped out of sync with the preists wishes you had to start again. Once you had completed this your hand was not dissinfected or helped in anyway, but just bandaged up tight and marked with the clergies seal so as it will be known if it has been tampered with. You had a week for the septic wound to heal, if it didn't you were taking the the stake again.
Now to clear up a few things about symbology during this time:
The pentagram is how the catholic church placed the pagans(true meaning is village folk) pentacle and anyone who was under it was a shaitanist, which over the centuries came to be called satanism.
Well children this little history lesson has been fun so I'll let you get back to your daily lives, but before I do I must note that this is my view of history and I speak for no others in the matter.
Squid out
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