Medieval Punishment And Torture
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Medieval Punishment And Torture
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Author : Stephen Currie
language : en
Publisher: Referencepoint Press
Release Date : 2014-08
Medieval Punishment And Torture written by Stephen Currie and has been published by Referencepoint Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08 with Crime categories.
This title examines people's beliefs in medieval times regarding the use of torture in the absence of scientific knowledge.
Medieval Punishments
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Author : William Andrews
language : en
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2013-08-01
Medieval Punishments written by William Andrews and has been published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-01 with History categories.
“The brank may be described simply as an iron framework; which was placed on the head, closing it in a kind of cage; it had in front a plate of iron, which, either sharpened or covered with spikes, was so situated as to be placed in the mouth of the victim, and if she attempted to move her tongue in any way whatever, it was certain to be shockingly injured. She thus suffered for telling her mind to some petty tyrant in office, or speaking plainly to a wrong-doer, or for taking to task a lazy, and perhaps a drunken husband.“ Dive into the macabre history of England and Old Europe in this treasure chest of historical punishments. In the pages of Medieval Punishments are punishments from a less enlightened period, creating a thoroughly researched historical document that sheds light on the evolution of society and how humans have maintained social order and addressed crime. In a town called Newcastle-on-Tyne, a drunkard cloak was a barrel that offenders were made to wear. In Anglo-Saxon times, each town was required to build stocks to hold breakers of the peace. To the Romans, beheading was considered the most honorable of deaths. It’s these details that make Medieval Punishments a compelling read for social historians and important component of human history.
Medieval Torture And Punishments
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Author : Steven Plant
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-03-22
Medieval Torture And Punishments written by Steven Plant and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-22 with categories.
Throughout the medieval period it was believed that the only way to keep order was to make sure that the people were scared of the punishments given for crimes committed. For this reason all crimes from stealing to burglary of houses to murder had harsh punishments. Although there were gaols, they were generally used to hold a prisoner awaiting trial rather than as a means of punishment. Fines, shaming (being placed in stocks), mutilation (cutting off a part of the body) or death were the most common forms of medieval punishment. There was no police force in the medieval period so law-enforcement was in the hands of the community.
Medieval Law And Punishment
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Author : Donna Trembinski
language : en
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Release Date : 2006
Medieval Law And Punishment written by Donna Trembinski and has been published by Crabtree Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Rules and laws strictly governed people's lives in the Middle Ages. Failure to observe any law could lead to imprisonment, torture, or even death. Medieval Laws and Punishment details the laws that kept order, who was responsible for enforcing the law and carrying out punishments, and what would happen to people who took the law into their own hands.
Medieval Torture And Punishments
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Author : Steve Plant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-03-15
Medieval Torture And Punishments written by Steve Plant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-15 with categories.
The middle ages was a time of severe punishment and harsh torture for crimes that today would seem trivial. People were beheaded and limbs cut off, vagabonds were often whipped and chained in stocks.People lived in a state of fear thinking they would be the next victim.
Torture And Punishment
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Author : steven plant
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-06
Torture And Punishment written by steven plant and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06 with categories.
Torture & PunishmentThroughout the medieval period it was believed that the only way to keep order was to make sure that the people were scared of the punishments given for crimes committed. For this reason all crimes from stealing to burglary of houses to murder had harsh punishments.Although there were gaols, they were generally used to hold a prisoner awaiting trial rather than as a means of punishment. Fines, shaming (being placed in stocks), mutilation (cutting off a part of the body) or death were the most common forms of medieval punishment.There was no police force in the medieval period so law-enforcement was in the hands of the community.
The History Of Torture And Execution
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Author : Jean Kellaway
language : en
Publisher: Mercury Books
Release Date : 2003
The History Of Torture And Execution written by Jean Kellaway and has been published by Mercury Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Executions and executioners categories.
The History of Torture and Execution examines these fascinating but grisly subjects by time, region, and method.
Big Book Of Pain
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Author : Mark P. Donnelly
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2012-01-31
Big Book Of Pain written by Mark P. Donnelly and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-31 with History categories.
For millennia, mankind has devised ingenious and diabolical means of inflicting pain on fellow human beings. This deplorable but seemingly universal trait has eaten away at mankind’s very claim to civilisation. Despite how repugnant the practice of torture appears to us today, for at least 3,000 years it formed part of most legal codes throughout Europe and the Far East. The Big Book of Pain is an exploration of the systematic use throughout the ages of various means of punishment, torture, coercion and torment. It takes the reader into the Ancient Roman Coliseum, the medieval dungeon, the Inquisitional interrogation, the auto-da-fe, the witch-trial, and the worst of prisons. It is a shocking and compelling study of the shameful methods and motives of the torturer and the executioner, and of the heinous duty they have performed through the ages.
Monastic Prisons And Torture Chambers
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Author : Ulrich Lehner
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2013-10-22
Monastic Prisons And Torture Chambers written by Ulrich Lehner and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with Religion categories.
"Following the Council of Trent (1545-1563), Catholic religious orders underwent substantial reform. Nevertheless, on occasion monks and nuns had to be disciplined and--if they had committed a crime--punished. Consequently, many religious orders relied on sophisticated criminal law traditions that included torture, physical punishment, and prison sentences. Ulrich L. Lehner provides for the first time an overview of how monasteries in central Europe prosecuted crime and punished their members, and thus introduces a host of new questions for anyone interested in state-church relations, gender questions, the history of violence, or the development of modern monasticism."
The Death Penalty As Torture
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Author : John D. Bessler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
The Death Penalty As Torture written by John D. Bessler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Capital punishment categories.
The Death Penalty as Torture: From the Dark Ages to Abolition was named a Bronze Medalist in the World History category of the Independent Publisher Book Awards and a finalist in the Eric Hoffer Book Awards (2018). During the Dark Ages and the Renaissance, Europe's monarchs often resorted to torture and executions. The pain inflicted by instruments of torture--from the thumbscrew and the rack to the Inquisition's tools of torment--was eclipsed only by horrific methods of execution, from breaking on the wheel and crucifixion to drawing and quartering and burning at the stake. The English "Bloody Code" made more than 200 crimes punishable by death, and judicial torture--expressly authorized by law and used to extract confessions--permeated continental European legal systems. Judges regularly imposed death sentences and other harsh corporal punishments, from the stocks and the pillory, to branding and ear cropping, to lashes at public whipping posts. In the Enlightenment, jurists and writers questioned the efficacy of torture and capital punishment. In 1764, the Italian philosopher Cesare Beccaria--the father of the world's anti-death penalty movement--condemned both practices. And Montesquieu, like Beccaria and others, concluded that any punishment that goes beyond absolute necessity is tyrannical. Traditionally, torture and executions have been viewed in separate legal silos, with countries renouncing acts of torture while simultaneously using capital punishment. The UN Convention Against Torture strictly prohibits physical or psychological torture; not even war or threat of war can be invoked to justify it. But under the guise of "lawful sanctions," some countries continue to carry out executions even though they bear the indicia of torture. In The Death Penalty as Torture, Prof. John Bessler argues that death sentences and executions are medieval relics. In a world in which "mock" or simulated executions, as well as a host of other non-lethal acts, are already considered to be torturous, he contends that death sentences and executions should be classified under the rubric of torture. Unlike in the Middle Ages, penitentiaries--one of the products of the Enlightenment--now exist throughout the globe to house violent offenders. With the rise of life without parole sentences, and with more than four of five nations no longer using executions, The Death Penalty as Torture calls for the recognition of a peremptory, international law norm against the death penalty's use.