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I'm Lacey and I'm Ashley and this is a Patreon for the month of December.

And nothing says Christmas like tales of torture.

Yes.

And we're not talking about your in-laws.

Merry medieval torture.

Yes, yes.

So, torture is the intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain and suffering on someone, usually by a public official for purposes like getting information or punishment.

It is a grave human rights violation prohibited under international law.

172 countries have adhered to the international covenant on civil and political rights, which prohibits torture and other forms of ill-treatment. But it wasn't always like this. Medieval torture was a

legal sanctioned part of the judicial process in many parts of Europe.

The phrase in legal records that says someone was, quote, put to questions meant they were going

to be tortured.

So they legally recorded that they were going to torture people.

It was used primarily, like I said, to extract confessions

of crimes, intimidate, and control, or for religious persecution. That's right. In the name of

religion, like so many other things, it seems to kind of be a catch-all religion, that is, dating all the way back

before medieval times. That being said, it was not as widespread as popular culture wants us to

believe. It was not something that was done every day or for just any crime.

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