According to today's standards, the medieval period was not the right time to live. Most people were poor, and their freedom, property and land were monopolized by the wealthy. If you committed an offense, if you did not want to do so, you would only be expected to cut your leg or cut off your ear.
The only thing that flourished in the Middle Ages is that it is the golden period for inventing methods of torture! Here are some of the most famous and horrifying methods of torture that were invented during the Middle Ages.
1- The pointed column
The column remains one of the most famous means of torture in the Middle Ages. It is a pointed pillar with the victim sitting on it. The victim remains in this position almost three days before she dies. It is said that between 20,000 and 30,000 people This torture.
2. The cradle of Judas
The goal of the invention of this cradle is to obtain a method of torture slower than the previous method, and it may also be intended to further humiliate the victim, and weights were sometimes placed On the leg of the victim to increase pain and accelerate death, and it was rare to clean the device so in most cases the victim suffered from severe infections before death.
3. The coffin of torture
One of the most horrifying means of torture in the Middle Ages, as Monty Python's Holy Grail, the victim was placed in a metal cage perfectly suited to the size of the human body. Sometimes heavy weights are placed in smaller areas of torture, that.
Who are subjected to this method of torture are usually the perpetrators of the major crimes at the time as a violation of the teachings of the Church, or the introduction of heresy. Sometimes spectators were asked to throw stones at the victim.
4- The predicate
Who can ignore this dreaded predicate? Which was the most painful form of torture in the Middle Ages, the pedestal is made up of a wooden frame with two upper and lower cords, which causes the body to tear apart the victim's body or sometimes to remove its bones.
Later, further developments were added to this device by placing screws that penetrate the back of the victim specifically the spinal cord area, causing further physical and psychological pain to the victim.
5. appealer breast
Is one of the most horrific methods of torture for women who have been accused of adultery, abortion and similar crimes. They used to penetrate the breasts of the victim in an attempt to torture through the loss of blood and constant deformation of the breasts.
Sometimes the poison was placed at the end of the machine to kill the victim. If not, you will have deformed breasts for life. Sometimes the spider, the other name of the machine, is suspended in the wall and the victim is hung. In most cases.
6 - wheels break
This device is also called "Catherine Wheels." The goal is to kill the victim but very slowly. The victim's limbs are tied to a wheel and during rotation, someone beats the victim severely with an iron hammer, causing numerous fractures throughout the body.
Infect the stomach and heart strikes sometimes the victim in that case "lucky" to receiving such lethal strikes, Sometimes, the executioner is beaten in areas that are not serious, leading to further torture of the victim. Sometimes the birds gather to eat parts of the victim's flesh.
7. Saw torture
The saw was the most common means of torture in the Middle Ages, where it was found in most houses. It was easy to use and did not require complex, cheap and available combinations of crimes of adultery, theft, heresy and disbelief.
The method of torture Manshar slogan is "the heart of the victim upside down to allow the greatest amount of blood to reach the brain, to keep the victim for as long as possible!" The body of the victim is cut in the centerpiece completely, some hold up until the saw reaches the stomach and then dies, while others die after the saw cuts off a little bit of the body.
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