This had caused severe pain within the arm and shoulder sockets. The Rack, in which a victim’s arms and legs would be tied to different ends of a metal or wooden structure. Then, if the victim would refuse to confess, the structure would pull apart, stretching the victim, dislocating arm and leg joints. If the accused had still refused to cooperate, stretching would continue until the arms and the legs would rip apart from the body. Often times, after other accused victims had seen this, many would confess immediately. But confessing heresy does not end at this point. If an accused victim was still alive and could still function properly, many would be brought unto what is called auto de la fe (meaning an “act of faith”), a public penance, as in where the accused would be sentenced to certain punishments. These public occurings were more and more common over time. If still alive and could function properly and had refused the penances, he or she would be sentenced to life imprisonment, or would be sentenced to death by means of being burned at the
This had caused severe pain within the arm and shoulder sockets. The Rack, in which a victim’s arms and legs would be tied to different ends of a metal or wooden structure. Then, if the victim would refuse to confess, the structure would pull apart, stretching the victim, dislocating arm and leg joints. If the accused had still refused to cooperate, stretching would continue until the arms and the legs would rip apart from the body. Often times, after other accused victims had seen this, many would confess immediately. But confessing heresy does not end at this point. If an accused victim was still alive and could still function properly, many would be brought unto what is called auto de la fe (meaning an “act of faith”), a public penance, as in where the accused would be sentenced to certain punishments. These public occurings were more and more common over time. If still alive and could function properly and had refused the penances, he or she would be sentenced to life imprisonment, or would be sentenced to death by means of being burned at the