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Torture Devices.Notebook June 02, 2014 Torture Devices.notebook June 02, 2014 Torture • We have the misconception of thinking that the church was against these practices. • While some archbishops were actually against torture, many • During the Dark Ages, torture was used to punish others used these methods as a way to punish blasphemers offenders. and people who insulted God­­or the church­­somehow. • Whether they were spies, traitors or thieves, torture was the most common method used to punish them. • If a criminal's offense was bad enough, he could be sentenced to death after a long painful death. • Most punishments were given in the town's main square; to show villagers what happened if they committed a crime. May 21­8:13 AM May 21­8:13 AM The Inquisitional Chairs • Another version had two bars immobilizing the victim's wrists • This instrument of torture comes in forcing his forearms against the arm­ different versions. All of them are rests resulting in the flesh being covered with spikes on the back, the penetrated by the spikes. arm­rests, the seat, the leg­rests and the • Another version had a bar at chest foot­rests. height, to immobilize the victim's • One version has a bar screwed on the bust, while the spiked seat had holes lower portion of the chair, by the to allow the victim's bottom to be victim's feet, which by a screw 'heated" by hot coals placed under the mechanism forced the back of the legs seat, causing painful burns, but still against the spikes, thus penetrating the keeping the victim conscious. flesh of the victim. May 21­8:13 AM May 21­8:13 AM 1 Torture Devices.notebook June 02, 2014 The Heretics Fork • This instrument consisted of two little forks one set against the other, with the four prongs rammed into the flesh, under the chin and above the chest. • A small collar supported the instrument in such a manner that the victims were forced to hold their head erect, thus preventing any movement. • The forks did not penetrate any vital points, and thus suffering was prolonged and death avoided. May 21­8:13 AM May 21­8:13 AM Dunk Stool Impaling Torture • • The Dunk Stool was a torture Vlad the Impaler, commonly commonly used to make witches referred to as Dracula, impaled confess their witchery and heresy. thousands of people during his • It consisted of a simple chair reign. • tied to a three or a stick. During his reign, a thief could be • The victim would be impaled just for stealing bread ­ or intermittently submerged in a even worse ­ Vlad impaled many river or pond. thousands of captured soldiers to • Eventually, the victim died. inspire fear upon his enemies. May 21­8:13 AM May 21­8:13 AM 2 Torture Devices.notebook June 02, 2014 • The victim's hands would be tied to prevent any chance of • In rare cases, the stick would go escaping. The stick was fixed to the ground and it was too perfectly from the anus to the mouth ­ in big for the victim's feet to reach the ground. Finally, it took other cases the stick would stay stuck many hours ­ or days even (depending on the victim's with a bone ­ it would go out through the strength and weight) for the stick to reach a vital organ. chest or, more commonly, through the • The most common way of impalement was through the neck. anus ­ but variations existed. Vlad impaled people from the • Vlad was so cruel that he would chest, legs, arms and; surprisingly, from the skull. sometimes impale children and then make their mothers eat them. At the same time, he would be having a feast while watching the victims be impaled right in front of him. May 21­8:13 AM May 21­8:13 AM Breast Ripper Torture Pear of Anguish • The Pear of Anguish was an • When a woman slept with a extremely painful device used to man, who wasn't his husband, punish homosexuals, witches and she could be sentenced to "The women accused of inducing a Breast Ripper." miscarriage. • Consisting of ripping a • As a handle was turned, the spoon­ woman's breasts, this torture shaped lobes opened; increasing very often caused infections and pain. Even though the Pear of death within a few months. If Anguish was mostly used for oral the woman was lucky enough to punishments, homosexuals had it survive, she would never be the fixed in their anus and women in same. their vagina. May 21­8:13 AM May 21­8:13 AM 3 Torture Devices.notebook June 02, 2014 • Causing severe pain, after this torture was employed on the The Keep mouth; the victim's teeth would get destroyed; making blood pour out of the victim's mouth often causing death. • A victim would be sometimes fixed • If introduced in the anus or vagina, death was a step away. with iron nails to the cage and the The Pear of Anguish was rarely washed, thus causing door would be shut forever. infections very frequently. • The small openings in "The Keep" • If the victim didn't die by an infection however, he would were big enough for hungry birds to die by other diseases caused by the severe damage of his or eat whatever they could. her intestines. • The defenseless victim, having his arms tied with a rope, had nothing better to do than to hysterically stare at the birds­­and other animals­­ eating him alive. May 21­8:13 AM May 21­8:13 AM Stoning • When a women was accused of being a witch, she would be tied to a horse and would be taken all around town. • Villagers would throw stones and whatever sharp items • After many days of agonizing and severe pain, the unlucky person would finally pass out. they could find to increase the victim's pain. • In the most severe punishments, the victim would be let down; and after a week or so of resting, he would be put up there again. May 21­8:13 AM May 21­8:13 AM 4 Torture Devices.notebook June 02, 2014 The Stocks The Iron Maiden • The victim would place his or • Normally, the big door would be her hands and feet in the open shut slowly; the tips would crush a device later to be closed. person in an agonizing pain. • Depending on the crime, a • There was a tube in the bottom person could be sentenced to many days, or even weeks of that made the victim see his own staying confined by the stocks. blood as it poured out of his body. • The victim would be subject • The few people that did make it to to the public's harm. In a mild this devise, lasted more than 2 days case, the sentenced person before passing out. would leave with just a few punches in the face and a lot of urine in his or her face. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re5ewE5dHpQ&feature=related May 21­8:13 AM May 21­8:13 AM The Exposure Toe Wedge • Heretics and witches were condemned to be fixed to the • Wooden wedges were ground with iron nails. forced underneath the • Spreading arms and legs while being naked under the sun toenails to help urge a resulted in having very strong sunburns all around a person's confession from the body. criminal. • Wild animals used to eat the victim alive • The toenails often • The victim was lucky if the closest animal was a bear; for became infected and there were smaller animals, such as mice; who would eat him other tortures were slowly. applied if this was not enough for confession. May 21­8:13 AM May 21­8:13 AM 5 Torture Devices.notebook June 02, 2014 Tongue Slicer Copper Boot • This scissor type instrument was used to slice the • The copper boot tongue up after the victims mouth was forced open. was placed around the foot of the victim and filled to the brim with molten lead causing first degree burns. May 21­8:13 AM May 21­8:13 AM The Sprinkler Water Torture • During the water • The sprinkler was filled with molten metal and torture, the victims dripped on the stomach, back, and other body parts nostrils were of the victim. pinched shut and fluid was poured down his throat. • Instead of water, sometimes vinegar, urine, or urine and a combination of diarrhea were forced down the throat. May 21­8:13 AM May 21­8:13 AM 6 Torture Devices.notebook June 02, 2014 Thumbscrew • The thumbscrew was simple placed on the thumb and tighten until it crushed the thumb. The tool was also used on toes. May 21­8:14 AM May 29­2:57 PM Toothed Squeezers Spanish Donkey • These toothed bars squeezed the victim's testicles • until they were destroyed. The victim was placed on the Spanish donkey and then had extremely heavy weights tied to his or her legs until the force was so great that it destroyed the are between the legs. May 21­8:14 AM May 21­8:14 AM 7 Torture Devices.notebook June 02, 2014 Foot Press The Scottish Boot • The Scottish Boot was placed around the ankle of the victim and then wedges were forced into the ankle. • The Foot Press slowly squeezed the naked foot between the iron plates lined with sharp spikes to crush the bones of the foot. May 21­8:14 AM May 21­8:14 AM The Rack Juda Cradle • The victim was bound on an oblong wooden frame with • The Juda Cradle is a a roller at each end.
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