By pure coincidence, I picked up a copy of the Malleus Maleficorum at my local bookstore today.
With respect to the training torturers thing. I've always wondered about this. How much training does a torturer need? Seems like it should be pretty easy. Kneecap, hammer. Fingernail, pointy stick. Head, bucket of water.
--- Jerry Monaco <monacojerry at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hundreds of years of torture of those accused of
> being witches and their
> subsequent confessions.
>
> Torture was obviously extremely effective. The
> inquisitor usually got their
> witch. Proof positive that witches exist no doubt.
>
> The various torture churches actually kept pretty
> good records on this kind
> of stuff.
>
>
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