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17th-century thumbscrew, Märkisches Museum Berlin 17th-century thumbscrew, Märkisches Museum Berlin Scottish thumbscrew Scottish thumbscrews. The thumbscrew is a torture instrument which was first used in early modern Europe. It is a simple vise, sometimes with protruding studs on the interior surfaces. Victims' thumbs, fingers, or toes were ...
If the victim confessed they would most likely be killed. This method was widely used during the Spanish Inquisition and in England and France. The victim was usually intermittently submerged for many hours until he or she revealed information or death had occurred. Ordeal by water began with the witch-hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Thumbscrew can mean: Thumbscrew (torture) , a screwed device formerly used for torture Thumbscrew (fastener) , a type of screw with a tall head and ridged or knurled sides, or a flat vertical head, intended to be tightened and loosened by hand
The Spanish Augustinian Catholic bishop and author Juan González de Mendoza (1545-1618) published one of the earliest Western histories of China: the 1585 Spanish-language Historia de las cosas más notables, ritos y costumbres del gran reyno de la China (The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof), which describes the zanzhi and jiagun without noting their ...
The Fleet of Aeneas, by Tassi. Agostino Tassi (born Agostino Buonamici; 1578 – 1644) was an Italian landscape and seascape painter who was convicted of raping Artemisia Gentileschi in 1612.
17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; Pages in category "17th-century weapons" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ...
By the 17th century, when those buried in the crypt would have lived, Milan (then a possession of Spain) was a major importer of exotic plants, especially from the Americas, so cocaine could’ve ...
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC).. It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, [1] the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis ...