The Instruments of Torture
Title | The Instruments of Torture PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Kerrigan |
Publisher | Spellmount, Limited Publishers |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2007-08 |
Genre | Criminal justice, Administration of |
ISBN | 9781862274358 |
The History of Torture
Title | The History of Torture PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Innes |
Publisher | Amber Books Ltd |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2012-07-18 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 190827395X |
The History of Torture tells the complete story of torture, from its earliest uses right up to the present day, from the tools and techniques used, to the campaigns to abolish its use.
The Instruments of Torture
Title | The Instruments of Torture PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Kerrigan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781585742479 |
Freelance writer Kerrigan traces the history of the technology of torture from antiquity to the present in all parts of the globe. The different methods of inflicting pain are grouped by type (i.e. stretching, water torture, beating, mental cruelty). Kerrigan concludes with a discussion of the efforts of groups such as Amnesty International who seek to bring an end to torture. The text is accompanied throughout by bandw photographs and woodcuts depicting instruments of torture and their victims. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The History Of Torture
Title | The History Of Torture PDF eBook |
Author | George Ryley Scott |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2013-10-28 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1136191674 |
First published in 2005. Torture, an enduring and seemingly not declining aspect of man's relationship to his fellow man, is an enduring thread through human history. Whether it be practiced by primitive people, the ancient Greeks or the Catholic Church, whether it be ancient China, Japan, 1930's Germany, or Northern Ireland today, torture is alarmingly systematic and consistent in its methods. Impaling, burning, rack or wheel, mutilation, drawing and quartering, burning or hanging alive in chains. A very comprehensive and readable work.
Instruments of Torture
Title | Instruments of Torture PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 4 |
Release | 1896 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Medieval Punishments
Title | Medieval Punishments PDF eBook |
Author | William Andrews |
Publisher | Skyhorse |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2013-08-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781620876183 |
“The brank may be described simply as an iron framework; which was placed on the head, closing it in a kind of cage; it had in front a plate of iron, which, either sharpened or covered with spikes, was so situated as to be placed in the mouth of the victim, and if she attempted to move her tongue in any way whatever, it was certain to be shockingly injured. She thus suffered for telling her mind to some petty tyrant in office, or speaking plainly to a wrong-doer, or for taking to task a lazy, and perhaps a drunken husband.“ Dive into the macabre history of England and Old Europe in this treasure chest of historical punishments. In the pages of Medieval Punishments are punishments from a less enlightened period, creating a thoroughly researched historical document that sheds light on the evolution of society and how humans have maintained social order and addressed crime. In a town called Newcastle-on-Tyne, a drunkard cloak was a barrel that offenders were made to wear. In Anglo-Saxon times, each town was required to build stocks to hold breakers of the peace. To the Romans, beheading was considered the most honorable of deaths. It’s these details that make Medieval Punishments a compelling read for social historians and important component of human history.
The Big Book of Pain
Title | The Big Book of Pain PDF eBook |
Author | Mark P. Donnelly |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Corporal punishment |
ISBN | 9780752459479 |
For millennia, mankind has devised ingenious and diabolical means of inflicting pain on fellow human beings. This deplorable but seemingly universal trait has eaten away at mankind's very claim to civilisation.