Methods Of Torture In The Middle Ages

There has always been methods to get what one wants from other person, theres hundreds of torture methods along history. We know some from the Bible, like cutting fingers, from Greece, like the Brazen Bull (a devise that is worth reading about), and people are still using torture as a mean to get what they want. Being a confession o causing pain as a punishment. But as we will see, in the Middle Ages people became really experts and used all their creativity to invent the worst methods of torture one can imagine. They did so, mainly, to get the confessions the wanted.

5. Dunking

More than a torture method, it was a witch ordeal, though a quite torturous one. The accused of witchcraft who drowned was innocent and the ones who floated were real witches. It was a lose-lose situation for the victims, but the important part was the salvation of their soul. …show more content…
7. The rat torture

This method consisted on the victimizer putting a rat or more in a bucket or a bowl, and then placing it on top of the victim's naked body with the opening facing him. They would heat the bowl and this would make the rats look for an exit. Being the victim's body the only way out, they would dig thorough the living person.
This method was used after the Middle Ages too, and it's popular in literature.

Extra - Sawing

The picture says it all
It's not a method only used in the Middle Ages, it was used before and after.

Part of the effectiveness of the tortures was showing the victims the process with previous victims, maybe that would made them confess without all the painful process.
There are dozens of devises, some creepier than this, it's hard to tell which ones of them is worse. They cause nightmares, as the creativity of the human mind