CRM 1301 : jan 21 - lesson 3 - late middle ages.docx
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Crm 1130 lesson 3 late middle ages. Iron maiden many ways confessions were extracted caused people to die by the injuries themselves. The rack the person is laid across the table and the wheels turn with a series of spikes on their front and back. Thumbscrews thumbs or toes pressured within this mechanism released once they confessed. Ducking stool individual stuck underwater until shows willingness to confess consequences = drowning while getting confession itself. (today: used at malls or fairs for fun ; tainted history associated with duck tank") Punishments: (mostly in public settings when people would be around church days, etc. ) Came from christian teachings dominating europe during that time. A cherokee native elder (the fox you choose) Church authority = unifying power: deciding fate of individuals rooted in religious teachings (god as vengeful or forgetting, etc, to serfs) 12th century: king = solidify power: = courts.
