Torrey Woodcock1999

Torture was used during the Middle Ages for three reasons: To Force confessions or secret information from those accused To discorage dessent and intellectual freedom To Persuade Jews, Muslims, and other non-believers to accept Christianity The most common means of torture included burning, beating and suffocating, however the techniques below are some of the most extravigant. Torture can include anything used to bring upon physical or mental pain but these below are some of the most common. Page One Toewedge Tongue Slicer Copper Boot Lead Sprinkler Water Torture Page Two Thumbscrew Toothed Squeezers Spanish Donkey Foot Press Scottish Boot Page Three Breast Ripper Pear Rack The Branks The Juda Cradle Page Four Headcrusher Whirligig Cat's Paw Heretic Fork The Chair of Spikes