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"feet would be bared because bare feet was considered a form of humiliation" Historian Judy Stubley The offender will be stripped of his/ her footwear and "be barefooted...in the prison... and... be put in irons". Thirteenth century punishment instructive text "There they (the punished women) shall stand with bare feet, and their hair down, during such time as they may be seen by all the passers by on the road". Hereford 15th C punishment instruction book In Malleus Maleficarum the text used in the Inquisition instructed that arrested women have their stockings and shoes removed in order to make them submit, being barefoot it was believed that the "witch" lost her power. In the Bible, voluntarily going barefoot symbolizes submission and humility, therefore forcing bare feet on someone forces them to submit to a higher power, making them more humble to that fact. Anyone could be accused and arrested during the Inquisition for things like- a woman with a bad temper, practicing