During the inquisition, did man (wiccan) also got tortured and killed?

Question

What did the accuser get? Did the state of this person go to a particular religious group?


Respectfully,
Muslimah

I will say during both witch hunt and inquisition

Answer 1

Oh yeah, men were just as easily persecuted, but the estate didn't go to the church, it went to the accuser--as a reward of sorts

Answer 2

Wicca was only founded around the 1950's – some quibble as to the date as Wicca only came to light once the laws against witchcraft were reversed in England. There has never been a mass-movement of prejudice against Wicca, even today there is very little in the way of prejudice towards Wicca (or those who claim to be Wicca) because of laws we have in place to prevent such cases - many with victim mentality would argue otherwise.

There were many inquisitions and witch hunts, some still carried out today, but normally when we talk about 'The Inquisition' we are talking about those carried out between 1100's-1200's or the Spanish Inquisition in the 1400's, both long before Wicca was founded. Often these inquisitions targeted Gnosticism and Montanism, and they were excommunicated from the church more often than they were killed.

I don't know about the Inquisitions as much as Witch Hunts, the witch hunts tended to target similar groups as inquisitions but it was more along the lines of group panic, often it involved social issues such as fear of disabled, people labelled as 'different', women or very often wealthy or well-off people – witch hunters would often get the money and property of those whom they convicted, and some of that may have gone to the accuser – often there would have been some gain for them, perhaps they were jealous of the person they were accusing for example.

Men were also targeted, but within the witch hunts it is clearly more focused upon women, probably because of the way in which women were treat – still being seen as daughters of Eve, so evil, seductive, yet also weak enough to target and in many cases far easier to go after than men when there was something to be gained.

Both were under religious excuses, but as you could probably imagine if you wanted to get someone back or if you had something to gain it would make anyone a potential target, it certainly wasn't against any specific religion as some starting out in Paganism like to believe. It was more of a social issue than a religious one; the religious argument fuelling both inquisitions and witch hunts merely gave a good excuse to persecute certain people.

Answer 3

The Inquisition was first instituted in order to persecute Christians. Those who read the Bible and found out that it actually contradicts many of the doctrines of the main church were labelled "heretics" and severly persecuted. Witches were also burned, tough some of these might have really practised witchcraft, some were accused of witchcraft for reasons such as jealousy (beauty) or supersition (just having red hair) or because they practised herbal medicine which others didn't understand. Of "heretics" both men and women were tortured and killed alike of witches mainly women. The persecution of Christians by the Inquisition is actually predicted in the Bible...

Answer 4

I think you are confusing the Inquisition (which I do believe has never formally ended) with Witch hunting.

Answer 5

Yes, men were killed for being witches during the Burning Times, but not in as high numbers. Usually they were the husbands or sons of another accused witch.

Accusers were often other witches who named names under torture. They were given the "mercy" of strangulation prior to being burned. Accusers were NOT given the estate of the dead witch - that's a myth.

The estate of a dead witch often went entirely to the church or to the local sheriff, in order to "pay" for the costs accrued in burning and torturing the poor soul.

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Answer 6

Inquisitions were carried out by both Religious and Secular entities.

The Witch Hunts mostly were carried out by Secular Governing Authorities.

I have never read or heard of men being burned at the stake for being a witch though.

The estates of said accused, went to whoever those in charge deemed them to.

Throughout history, events like these, illuminate the foul, dark, evil actions of men's minds. Even so called "Religious" persons that are murdering and blowing up people in the name of their god, as is happening today.

Minds that have been led astray by the deceptions of Satan and his minions!

Just like Muhammed's foul, dark, violent, history when he would "Invite" those that he came across to embrace his made up religion.

If they did not accept Muhammed's invitation, they were labeled "Unbelievers" and "Infidels" and were either Murdered or brought under subjection, (Dhimmitude), as a lower class human with heavy taxes,(Jizya), imposed upon them.

The "Spoils" of the murdered ones went to Muhammed and his cronies!
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From Wikipedia;

In states ruled by Islamic law, jizya or jizyah (Arabic: جزْية) is a per capita tax imposed on free non-Muslim adult males who are neither old nor sick nor monks [1], known as dhimmis, in exchange for being allowed to practice their faith, subject to certain conditions, and to enjoy a measure of communal autonomy as well as being "entitled to Muslim protection from outside aggression and being exempted from military service".[2] [3] Taxation from the perspective of dhimmis who came under the Muslim rule, was "a concrete continuation of the taxes paid to earlier regimes"[4] (but now lower under the Muslim rule [2] [5] [6]) and from the point of view of the Muslim conqueror was a material proof of the dhimmi's subjection.[4]

Respectfully,

Richbro!

Answer 7

yes they did they even burned nimals at the stake