Torture Methods Used In The Spanish Inquisition

Question 1

Flogging

Answer 1

Victim would be publicly tied to a pillar their hands bond, and then whipped (naked most of the time)

Question 2

Burning at the stake

Answer 2

Victim tied to a stake then burnt alive

Question 3

The rack

Answer 3

Victim tied down while a mechanical device tightens the ropes stretching the victims body until joints dislocated

Question 4

Roasting feet over burning coals

Answer 4

Victim would have legs bound by a stock then feet would be burned by hot coals

Question 5

The garrrucha

Answer 5

Victims hands would be tied behind their back and they’d be lifted off the ground by a rope tied around their wrists

Question 6

Tortura del agua

Answer 6

Victims mouth would be forced open and water would be forced into mouth. Victim would risk suffocation if he did not confess

Question 7

What is tortura del agua known as in today society

Answer 7

Waterboarding