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> This is an unfortunate piece of propaganda popularized by foes of the Church As is/was at least in part, with the Inquisition's tools: https://en.wikipedia.
by aruggirello 1y ago
> This is an unfortunate piece of propaganda popularized by foes of the Church
As is/was at least in part, with the Inquisition's tools:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_maiden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_maiden
- Apocryphon 1y agoOkay the Inquisition doubtless tortured some folks but you picked the worst example to make your point- > Despite its reputation as a medieval instrument of torture, there is no evidence of the existence of iron maidens before the 19th century.
- whiteandnerdy 1y agoI think you misunderstood OP- I think he's saying that there was propaganda across the board, including both treatment of people like Gallileo, and also including techniques such as the iron maiden. I take his point to be precisely that the iron maiden wasn't really used.