Preface
With the development of history, human civilization is constantly progressing.
In today's society, human rights are highly respected, and no one can abuse lynching and endanger the lives of others.
However, in ancient Europe, behind the violent rule of royal power, there was a brutal and cruel side of human beings.
In order to curry favor with the king, the lower-level officials actually sacrificed tortures such as flowering pears, torture tables, and iron virgins, each of which is more outrageous than the other!
Testicular punishment
Testicular punishment, as you can know in the literal sense, is a criminal law that specifically targets men.
The testicles of the tortured person will be crushed with pliers, and the thought of making people's scalps tingle and tremble.
The most suffocating thing is that the torturer witnesses the torture of the tortured person from the side, and the severe pain caused by the broken testicles is enough to make the tortured person suffer to death.
This type of criminal law is most common in Muslim countries in the Middle East, and it is said that the Ottoman Sultan Osman II, who was deposed by the Janissary, was tortured in this way.
Prison Shoes
Compared with testicular punishment, the punishment boot is a relatively lenient punishment.
It first appeared around 1590 and was practiced in continental Europe and in the East, but its structure and shape differed.
European torture boots were made of iron and shaped like boots, and the main punishment parts were the calves and feet.
During the execution, the victim's legs are imprisoned in the iron boots, unable to move, and then between the boots and the legs, a wooden wedge is driven directly through the entire leg, and blood gushes out, waiting for the blood to fill the entire boot.
Sometimes, the torturer feels that this kind of punishment is not enough, and will burn the torture boots red, directly on the victim's legs, the sound of barbecue makes the tortured person miserable, and the epidermis and skin are seriously damaged.
In the East, it was India that was tortured, but its instruments were very rudimentary, consisting of two very strong planks, tied to the victim's legs, and then the ropes were tightened with great force until the victim's legs were completely broken.
Rotational sentences
Rotation may sound gentle, but in fact, it is much more cruel than the above two punishments.
Such wheels can be the wheels of ordinary ox carts and horse-drawn carriages, as well as elaborate wheeled weapons.
It is usually held on four wheels with an axle or stake in between.
The victim's limbs will be tied to wheels, and then the torturer will begin to punish him, using red-hot pliers to clip a piece of flesh from the victim's body, and using iron rods or wooden rods to break his limbs into mud, and even some torturers are particularly cruel, after breaking them, they will also use an axe to cut off the victim's limbs, and torture the tortured person until he is dying.
The Romans' wheels were even more cruel, their wheels were large and high, and during the torture process, two rows of long nails were placed on the ground, and once the wheels turned, the flesh of the tortured person would be stirred into a pulp, and the flesh would be blurred.
Squeezing sentence
Squeezing is a very simple and crude punishment that is usually used as a method of extorting confessions.
This is because in medieval law, the government could confiscate the offender's property only after the offender had completely confessed his guilt, and if he did not admit his guilt, then the offender's property would belong to his family, and even if the judge convicted him, he could not get it.
Thus, this punishment for coercing confessions appeared.
When the prisoner enters the prison, he lies flat on the ground, unable to put anything under him, and then spreads out his limbs, and there are four ropes in the four corners of the room, which firmly bind the prisoner's limbs so that he cannot move.
They would then place a lot of heavy loads on the prisoner's body until the prisoner could not bear it, beyond the limits of his patience.
The food in prison was quite torturous, with only rotten bread and water, and there was only one choice every day, and there was no water if there was bread, and there was no bread when there was water.
However, this kind of punishment, which generally makes the prisoner confess his guilt before death, is not particularly effective.
When prisoners know that they are not going to die, in order to leave their family property, even if their ribs are crushed and broken, breaking through the surface of the skin, and the pain is unbearable, they still do not admit their guilt.
This type of torture is also found in India, but they are not used to extract confessions, but to torture prisoners.
In India, they use two very hard bamboo planks to clamp them around the chest and back of a person, and then use ropes to tighten them until they break their ribs and slowly torture them to death.
Iron Maiden
The punishment of the Iron Virgin is very cruel, and it is not difficult to find the physical object of the Iron Virgin in torture museums around the world.
This torture instrument is called "Iron Maiden" because it is an iron cabinet in the shape of a woman, which is covered with spikes.
The victim is locked in an iron cabinet, and when the door is closed, the nails will pierce into all parts of the victim's body from all directions, and each wound is not large, but because the nails are in the body, the tortured person cannot break free, and the blood will not stop until the victim breathes.
Moreover, when I was locked inside, I was not only physically miserable, but also mentally tortured, and it was pitch black all around, unable to move, and I didn't know what would happen.
Bronze bull punishment
There was such a torture tool in ancient Greece, called the bronze bull of Ferraris, which was invented by a man named Perilaus in order to curry favor with the tyrant Ferraris.
This torture instrument is hollow inside like a cow, and is about the size of a real cow.
The cow has a movable door on its back and holes in its nostrils and mouth.
Don't look at this thing, the workmanship is exquisite and ingenious, but it is particularly cruel.
At the time of execution, the condemned prisoner was stuffed through the small door in the back, and then a fire was made underneath, which was constantly baked, and the people inside would get hotter and hotter, but the temperature would only get higher and higher, until the prisoner was roasted alive.
During the barbecue, a person will make a screaming sound in the cow, and the sound is very similar to that of a mad cow roaring.
Interestingly, it is rumored that Fararis hated Perry Laos so much that the inventor became the first to suffer.
The inhabitants of the city-state had a great dislike for Fararis, and eventually the enraged populace sent Farlaris to the Bronze Bull.
Breast forceps
Breast forceps, literally known in the sense of the word, are a penal tool designed specifically for women.
It is mainly used to punish women who commit two crimes: adultery and abortion.
Breast forceps are made of pure iron, with one end being a piece of iron that can be held tightly, and the other end being four hooks facing each other.
The torturer places the breast forceps on the fire to heat it to increase the suffering of the torturer, and in the winter it is frozen in the snow, which can achieve the same effect.
After the four hook claws pierce directly into the woman's breast, the torturer will drag and rotate, and it will not take much effort to tear off the breast tissue.
If the torturer feels that the female prisoner has committed a serious crime, they will repeat the step until it is completely torn.
Information sources:
People's Daily Online - Medieval Torture Instrument "Nuremberg Virgin"
Book: A History of Human Torture
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