Witch Craze Links: Torture

Torture

• Angelo Clareno on an Inquisitorial Torture Session. Late 13th- and early 14th-century torture description.
• Atrocities of the Christian Church. A brief catalogue of torture devices used by early church officials.
• The Chamber of Truth: A stomach-wrenching tour of the most painful punishments. Its first-person perspective puts you in the hotseat.
• A Heretic's Final Journey. An interesting foray into the world of torture.
• Medieval Attitudes Towards Dismemberment of the Body. Attitudes towards corpse defilement.
• Torture and death penalty instruments From the Middle Ages to the Industrial Era. A catalogue of tortures both past and present.