The satire of discovering if someone is a which, immortalized by Monty Pythons in Holy grail, hides a dark reality of middle ages. Matija Grguric shows us that reality on a series of three vignettes.
“Mother is making a warm meel for her sick child. She heard that this recipe will make him healthier.”
“Priest and warrior break into her house. Priest claims that he has a legal documents which says that she is a witch. Warrior kicks her and forces her to leave her home.”
“Another useless punishment is done.”
See the three scenes at flickr.
Tags: Medieval, Order and Law, Religious
March 25, 2010 at 1:41 am |
ummm…..no priest ever burned witches…..that was the puritans….who ironically also were against Catholics….but dont let that stop you….
March 25, 2010 at 9:38 am |
But the inquisition wasn’t conducted by the Catholic church?