The Burning Times (1990)

Share this quote on facebook The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications.

Share this quote on facebook Why do you search so diligently for sorcerers? Take the Jesuits, all the Religious Orders and torture them. They will confess. If some deny, repeat it a few times. They will confess. Should a few still be obstinate, exorcize them, shave them, only keep on torturing. They will give in. Take the Doctors, the Bishops of the Church. They will all confess.

Share this quote on facebook Few people realize that the Christianization of Europe resulted in the loss of millions of lives.

Share this quote on facebook New laws proclaimed that any woman who dared cure without having studied was a witch and must die. Since most women were barred from University, the rise of the male medical profession was guaranteed. It was the testimony of male doctors that sent many to their death.
On laws against women in the period of the Inquisition

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Share this quote on facebook History is written by the winners.