Torture in the Middle Ages

Alcide asked " why did they pull their arms out of their sockets and burn the city?"


Well they pulled their arms and legs out of their sockets to make the people answer their questions and they burned the city because they were mad at the Jews who were in Spain and they wanted to kill them.

Shae asked " why did Torquemada assign inquisitors that later burned the City of Seville?"

Well the inquisitors were instructed by Torquemada and he wanted to persecute the Jews in Spain who had not converted to Christianity so he had his inquisitors burn the city of Seville.

Ryan asked " what would be such a big law to break so the punishment of death?"

Being burned alive would be the punishment of death and Torquemada only burned the Jews in Spain because he thought that they should convert to Christianity and they didn't.

Man being tortured in the Spanish Inquisition

I found this information here: http://ea.grolier.com/article?id=0389280-00&docKey=Li4vLi4vc2VhcmNoL2NvbnRlbnQvZWE0L3RleHQvMDQxLzAzODkyODAtMDAuaHRtbEBnbzI*&queryText=tomas+de+torquemada&queryParser=Grolier_en/

Three more interesting facts: 1. Even though Torquemada was of Jewish descent he still persecuted many Jews in Spain. 2. King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I expelled more than 160,000 Jews from Spain under Torquemada's influence. 3. Torquemada persecuted any Jews that had not converted to Christianity.

I found these facts at the link above