tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6770341623023494461.post8383506172557317851..comments2023-10-29T07:31:06.504-07:00Comments on World Mythtory: Medieval Witch HuntsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6770341623023494461.post-35784073234315184882013-10-03T20:47:13.774-07:002013-10-03T20:47:13.774-07:00As a general rule, that is true, but really only i...As a general rule, that is true, but really only in the fact that Catholics didn't hunt out witches as witches, instead it fell under the larger banner of "heresy." Since suspected witches were tried as heretics instead of as witches, it makes getting exact numbers impossible. Jessa Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481226273754713689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6770341623023494461.post-59440524559598831692013-10-03T18:39:42.604-07:002013-10-03T18:39:42.604-07:00I once read that Witch Hunting was also mostly a P...I once read that Witch Hunting was also mostly a Protestant endeavor rather than a Catholic one. Is this true?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02343448485186803971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6770341623023494461.post-27056540900075780562012-06-30T12:56:44.645-07:002012-06-30T12:56:44.645-07:00Yep, that's him. There's some debate on if...Yep, that's him. There's some debate on if it said, "More Weight" or "More Rocks."<br /><br />Either way, it was actually pretty rare for someone to die from pressing. Usually the person being pressed just confessed once the rocks got heavy enough (and then were usually executed in other, probably less painful, ways). Or they confessed, and then died later from pressing related injuries like broken ribs (which I consider to die from pressing... though technically it was probably called something else).<br /><br />Mr. Corey was pressed for 48 hours before he expired. Dude had some stamina.Jessa Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481226273754713689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6770341623023494461.post-1143871058020200142012-06-30T12:18:31.662-07:002012-06-30T12:18:31.662-07:00That reminded me of Giles Corey. I'm pretty su...That reminded me of Giles Corey. I'm pretty sure he was the guy who refused to plead either guilty or not-guilty while being pressed to death, and died saying "More weight!"Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107663499371514563noreply@blogger.com