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In the Museum of Torture Instruments
in San Marino in Europe, the torture devices which were used during the Dark Ages
are displayed.
"Iron Maiden"
It is one of the representative torture devices
from the Medieval Period.
It is an iron cabinet with a spike-covered interior
with iron spikes about 8 inches long.
When a person is enclosed inside, the whole body is pierced
with the pointed iron spikes and is fatally injured. And the person die slowly
from excessive bleeding
The torture device in the shape of a wheel
was invented for execution.
They tied a person around the wheel then rolled it repeatedly
over fire or spikes.
They also bound the forelimbs of a person on a wheel and crush the bones
using an iron bar or hammer
Then the person
was thoroughly injured and died in pain, still bound to the wheel.
The Inquisition invented cruel torture devices
to give victims as much pain as possible.
A torture device with sharp
iron hooks to tear off a living person's skin.
A pyramid-shaped torture device
with a sharp tip. A person was put on top
and suffered severe pain as a sharp point was inserted into the body.
Little by little, due to the body weight.
Most of the time, tortures were carried out by Catholic monks or priests.
They pulled out nails using pliers, burned parts up the body with fire, and crushed
fingers and toes with torture devices.
A pulley was used to lift
a victim's body and then drop them to make all the joints go out of place.
A person was burned alive
while their hands and feet were tied. A chair with spikes was used to tie a
person down
and it made blood come out from every part of their body.
If a victim denied the Catholic Church's teachings,
despite the hard torture, they poured boiling lead in
the mouth or ears or gouged out there eyes
or flog them until parts of their skin
flew off.
sawed, slain by sword,
and burning the victims alive. The Catholic priests enforce them
to follow their teachings holding the cross in front of them.
The persecution for and anti-catholics
continued as a large-scale massacre.
In 1209, 6,000 was slain
to death at Beziers.
In 1211,
100,000 Christians were massacred at Lavaur.
On the massacre at Merindol, 500 women were locked in a room
and burned to death.
In the Massacre of
Orange in 1562, Italian army sent by Pope Pius IV
was commanded to slay men, women, and children.
In 1572, approximately 100,000 people
were massacred in Paris, France.
He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints
The saints will be handed over to him
for a time, times, and a half a time.
As it was prophesied, that the one who speaks against the Most High
would make war against the saints and conquer them. Over 50 million people were
slaughtered
during the Dark Ages.