They were lucky if they got that. The word of an 8 year old was good enough most of the time. Of course, they'd just torture the accused until they confessed.
The Inquisition was all about the expulsion of Muslims, Jews, and then the seizure of land. In places where the land of the condemned didn't go to the Church and/or State, accusations and executions were low-to-non existant.
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam
Except in the US where in Salem, it was all about a land grab from widowed women pure and simple, had nothing to do with religion, everything to do about how many men had died and the estate went to the women and the fact the women mostly lived on one side of the town. I don't know what percentage went to the state but it wasn't 50% but a lot did go to male family members of one kind or another.
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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. ~ Marcus Aurelius“It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“The urge to shout filthy words at the top of his voice was as strong as ever.”
― George Orwell, 1984
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. ~ Marcus Aurelius“It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“The urge to shout filthy words at the top of his voice was as strong as ever.”
― George Orwell, 1984
I asked for neither your Opinion,
your Acceptance
nor your Permission.
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." Dante Alighieri 3
"It took 2000 mules to install one Jackass." Diamond and Silk Watch the Movie