One of the oldest devices used for torture. It crushed fingers and toes, which drew out immediate confessions from the victim. the branks the thumbscrews the pillory the ducking stoll. Used principally to scold housewives. It was a metal cage that locked onto the head and contained a metal protusion that fitted into de mouth. the branks the thumbscrews flogging the noose. A flogging device that was attached to a short handle. It served to rip the victim's fiesh to shreds and to strip it off the bones. Riding the wooden horse the garrotte the cat's paw or cat-o-nine-tails the pillory. The victim was strapped to a seat which dangled on the end of a freemoving arm and was plunged into the local pond or river. the ducking stool the noose flogging the gallows. A device with two metal neck rings. The screw propelled one collar bak towards the post and the other forwards, parting the vertebrae and causing instant death. the pillory the thumbscrews the ducking stoll the garrotte. Used for public shaming. A man stood with his head and hands pinned by a wooden frame. the pillory the noose the gallows flogging. Better known as whipping. flogging the noose the garrotte the cat's paw. Used for army discipline. Soldiers accused of minor offences were condemned to perch on a wooden pinnacle with weights tied around his heels to exent maximun pressure on the crotch. riding the wooden horse the gallows the pillory the branks. A structure used for hanging. the noose the gallows the garrotte the pillory. A loop with a running knot that binds closer the more it is drawn (used for hanging and suffocation) the noose. flogging the gallows the thumbscrews.
