information and were told that they should never tell this information to no.

             one, well the Romans found out about this and this caused a major uprise in.

             the use of torture. .

             In 12th century Europe torture became very widespread.

             like it had just did in Rome. Before Europe began using torture, they relied.

             on a more common judicial type of settlements for crimes, by the 13th century.

             confessions and eyewitness testimonies came about and were used to determine.

             if a person were guilty or innocent. But guess what was used to get these confessions.

             from convicts, torture was used, torture was used a lot, but it could only.

             be used if there was a numerous amount of evidence against the defendent. From.

             the 14th to 18th centuries in Europe, torture was a very common thing of the.

             legal process of a majority of the European countries and even the Roman Catholic.

             church. .

             The Roman Catholic church used torture as a way of punishing.

             heretics at the order of inquisitors. The Inquisition played a big part in.

             the world of torture. The inquisition was a church founded in medieval times.

             that was setup to find and prosecute heretics. The punishments for being a.

             heretic were extreme punishments, stuff you would cringe at thinking about,.

             such as the vise. You might have seen this device on the movie Casino. The.

             victims head would be put in the vise and then the executioner would begin.

             to tighten a little screw at the top of the vice, causing the victims head.

             to start to compress. This technique was used a lot for getting people to confess.

             The Inquisition was greatly defended during the middle ages. People saw it.

             as okay, since it was a religious thing. Father Saint Augustine perceived Luke.

             14:23; "So the master said to the servant, Go out to the country roads and.

             lanes and make people come in, so that my house will be full.", as biblical.

             proof of endorsing the punishment of heret.

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             The Art of Torture: .

             Believe it or not, torture was considered an artform.