punishment

The Inquisitors’ work

Hideously unjust and psychotic in their devotion to duty, the Inquisitors went to any lengths to wring confessions from their...

01/02/2016

For women there were punishments designed to humiliate as well as to hurt. The scold’s bridle took many appearances but...

01/10/2012

This punishment was laid down in Tudor times for those who successfully pleaded Benefit of Clergy, whereby members of the...

28/11/2011