La violencia legal ejercida contra los cuerpos de los reos. Tormentos y suplicios aplicados por las justicias ordinaria e inquisitorial durante el Antiguo Régimen
- Iñaki Reguera 1
- Andrea Grande Pascual 1
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Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
Lejona, España
ISSN: 1698-4374
Year of publication: 2018
Issue Title: Supliciar y disciplinar los cuerpos. La tortura en la Historia
Issue: 15
Pages: 99-116
Type: Article
More publications in: Clío & Crímen: Revista del Centro de Historia del Crimen de Durango
Abstract
In the Old Regime, the Church and the Estate used the violence against the criminals for consolidate their power and for discipline the society. The criminals were tortured for get their confessions and corporal penalties were publicly used as punishments and to exemplify. In this article, we’ll compare the methods of punishment and tortures used for the common justice and inquisitorial justice in Spain, to observe the similarities and differences between both jurisdictions.