Worse than Death
Convincing others to live their lives the way they are supposed to was hard to do during the medieval period. For God, King and Country, the people had to be convinced, come clean or simply die if they stepped out of line. But, how to make an impression while getting this accomplished? Lets examine the new and super handy tools that the people of the past came up with to get the job done.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/medieval-torture-devices/3 (photos)
History Extra: Q&A: Were ducking stools ever used as punishment for crimes other than witchcraft during the Middle Ages? https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/qa-were-ducking-stools-ever-used-as-punishment-for-crimes-other-than-witchcraft-during-the-middle-ages/
TORTURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES: https://www.history.co.uk/shows/britains-bloodiest-dynasty/articles/torture-in-the-middle-ages
http://www.medievalwarfare.info/torture.htm#ducking
http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-torture-and-punishment/water-torture.htm
https://tortureum.com/history-of-torture/
BIOLOGY13 Gory Details About What It's Like To Be Skinned Alive, Laura Allan Updated October 10, 2018 https://www.ranker.com/list/what-being-skinned-alive-feels-like/laura-allan
Scold's Bridle - History of the Branks http://www.historyofmasks.net/famous-masks/scolds-bridle/
How the Spanish Inquisition Worked BY SHANNA FREEMAN https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/spanish-inquisition3.htm
The Stomach-Turning History Of Rat Torture – Perhaps History’s Worst Way To Die By Wyatt Redd Published November 30, 2017 https://allthatsinteresting.com/rat-torture-method
10 Additional Gruesome Torture Devices VALENTINEDRAGON https://listverse.com/2010/07/18/10-additional-gruesome-torture-devices/
Fl Hirsch, A. E., ed., The Book of Torture and Executions (Toronto: Golden Books, 1944), p. 69ogging https://sites.google.com/a/uconn.edu/pirate-executions-and-methods-of-torture/flogging
Cat o'nine tails http://www.understandingslavery.com/index.php-option=com_content&view=article&id=532_cat-onine-tails&catid=145&Itemid=255.html
https://sites.google.com/a/uconn.edu/pirate-executions-and-methods-of-torture/flogging
The Curious Case of the Weapon that Didn’t Exist by PAUL B. STURTEVANT on MAY 12, 2016 https://www.publicmedievalist.com/curious-case-weapon-didnt-exist/
Spanish boot http://www.occasionalhell.com/infdevice/detail.php?recordID=Spanish%20Boot
Instep borer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instep_borer
Hirsch, A. E., ed., The Book of Torture and Executions (Toronto: Golden Books, 1944), p. 69
10 Medieval Torture Devices BY ED GRABIANOWSKI: The Pear of Anguish https://history.howstuffworks.com/10-medieval-torture-devices10.htm
The Pear Of Anguish Is The Torture Device From Your Proctologist’s Nightmares By Wyatt Redd Published April 10, 2018 Updated June 8, 2018 https://allthatsinteresting.com/pear-of-anguish
The Cradle of Judah http://torturemuseum.net/en/the-cradle-of-judah/
Foot Talk, Sunday, November 25, 2018 A concise history of foot torture: http://foottalk.blogspot.com/2006/02/a-concise-history-of-foot-torture.html
The Picquet: http://www.medievality.com/picquet.html
https://middleagetorture.weebly.com/the-boot-torture.html
Drawing and quartering capital punishment WRITTEN BY The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/drawing-and-quartering
http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-torture-and-punishment/hung-drawn-quartered.htm
https://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-torture-devices/torture-rack/
https://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-torture-devices/catherine-wheel/
The Iron Chair and Jean Calas’ Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in 1762 by Marc Hartzman: https://www.weirdhistorian.com/iron-chair/
The astronomer who saved his mother from being burned as a witch: the guardian 2015 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/21/the-astronomer-and-the-witch-johannes-kepler-mother-katharina-witch-trial
The Dark and Brutal History of The Brazen Bull: Ancient History, October 15, 2016 https://historydaily.org/brazen-bull
The Jamestown Adventure: Accounts of the Virginia Colony, 1605–1614 (Real Voices, Real History) by Ed Southern (Editor) (Winston-Salem NC: Blair, 2004)
Water torture: http://www.lordsandladies.org/water-torture.htm
10 Medieval Torture Devices BY ED GRABIANOWSKi: Thumbscrews https://history.howstuffworks.com/10-medieval-torture-devices2.htm
Thumbscrews: Not For Carpentry, But For Torture By William DeLong Published April 20, 2018 Updated August 15, 2019 https://allthatsinteresting.com/thumbscrew