RE: The Spanish Inquisition?
July 26, 2011 at 12:25 am
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2011 at 12:28 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Lemme give you a rundown of how inquisitors rolled.
Step 1 They'd come into town, and accuse an outcast of witchcraft. Scapegoating that person for whatever bad had befallen the village. No one cares about the outcast, bad things have happened, and they are very superstitious.
Step 2 They would get some "witnesses", torture the accused, and then execute them (though not always). Now they have a confession by torture, and it's very likely that they pressured the original witch for names of co-conspirators. Gives you people to go after when you're done with the "in".
Step 3 Profit. Inquisitors could collect administrative fees out of the accused's personal effects.
Inquisitors were pretty much roving prosecutors (presumably)in service of the church.
(the whole accuse an outsider, make the village a participant in your scam and then implicate them for cash is brilliant isn't it?)
Step 1 They'd come into town, and accuse an outcast of witchcraft. Scapegoating that person for whatever bad had befallen the village. No one cares about the outcast, bad things have happened, and they are very superstitious.
Step 2 They would get some "witnesses", torture the accused, and then execute them (though not always). Now they have a confession by torture, and it's very likely that they pressured the original witch for names of co-conspirators. Gives you people to go after when you're done with the "in".
Step 3 Profit. Inquisitors could collect administrative fees out of the accused's personal effects.
Inquisitors were pretty much roving prosecutors (presumably)in service of the church.
(the whole accuse an outsider, make the village a participant in your scam and then implicate them for cash is brilliant isn't it?)
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