“the tortures the Inquisition visited upon suspected witches”
IIRC, the Inquisition, at least the Spanish Inquisition, wasn’t very concerned with witches.
In Spain there simply wasn’t a witch-craze comparable to the one raging in other parts of Europe, thanks in no small part to the indifference of the Inquisition. It was when the “punishment” of witches fell on the hands secular authorities that lots of women were killed.
“the tortures the Inquisition visited upon suspected witches”
IIRC, the Inquisition, at least the Spanish Inquisition, wasn’t very concerned with witches.
In Spain there simply wasn’t a witch-craze comparable to the one raging in other parts of Europe, thanks in no small part to the indifference of the Inquisition. It was when the “punishment” of witches fell on the hands secular authorities that lots of women were killed.