Change:  ways of torturing women.The pear was a metal object that is shoved inside the mouth anal cavity and vagina. Once in place the screw at the end was turned and the pear opened up inside the cavity. This caused much damage and lead to death.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 252)

Change: Below are some of the most common tortures in the medieval period. Most of them were used to get a confession out of the acussed individual. Baker`s Chairfor bakers who sold too manyloaves of bread, which were too small. Fingerscrewswere used to make people tell the truth.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 103)

Change: punishment, to persuade Jews, Muslims, and other non-believers to accept Christianity or they could be used as a way to make people tell the truth or tell what they know about a certain person. Baker`s Chairfor bakers who sold too many loaves of bread, which were too small. Fingerscrews   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 77)

Change: Renamed from forms+of+torture by chrism591 Sep 4 2007, 5:42 AM EDT for: Rename

Change: Created by chrism591 Sep 4 2007, 3:48 AM EDT for: no reason given