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10 Facts About the Inquisitions
History Podcasts

10 Facts About the Inquisitions

St. Dominic Presiding at an Auto-da-Fé, panel by Pedro Berruguete, c. 1503. (Image Credit: Prado Museum, P00618Archivo Mas, Barcelona / Public Domain).1. There was more than one inquisitionPeople often speak of The Inquisition. All had the same fundamental aim: to find and investigate those whose beliefs seemed to deviate from the teachings of the Catholic Church.

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Not really!

The castle walls are made of stone which does not burn and it is almost impossible to shoot an arrow through the narrow slit windows. There is a bet
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Not really

You might be able to use a ladder to climb over the wooden palisade surrounding the bailey, but ladders are useless if you want to enter the motte because
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Not really!

The castle walls are made of stone which does not burn and it is almost impossible to shoot an arrow through the narrow slit windows. There is a better opt
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Not really

The belfry tower was on wheels so it would be impossible to push it up the steep slope of the motte. You could use it to get over the palisade surrounding
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Yes if no moat

You can push the belfry tower up to the castle walls so that your soldiers can climb up and get into the castle to attack its occupants. The belfry tower a
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Good Choice

The concentric castle is very hard to attack because of the double row of stone walls. However, in order to succeed with a siege you need to have enough ar
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Good Choice

You can use a catapult to fire stones at the castle and hopefully knock down the walls. Using a catapult also means that you can stand away from the castle
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