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Medieval and Ancient Punishment Practices
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Across
  • 1. Marking a criminal permanently with a hot iron
  • 3. Punishment involving being whipped or beaten
  • 4. Tool associated with the execution method of “pressing”
  • 7. To confine someone as a penalty
  • 11. Wooden framework used to expose offenders to public humiliation
  • 14. Enclosure to confine and expose prisoners
  • 16. Device that restrained the feet for public punishment
Down
  • 2. A chair designed to punish by tightening restraints and inflicting pain
  • 5. Striking with a cane as a disciplinary measure
  • 6. Historical torture device shaped like a coffin with spikes inside
  • 8. Method of testing witches by submerging in water
  • 9. Infliction of severe pain to punish or extract information
  • 10. Beating with a lash as a form of corporal punishment
  • 12. Forced removal from one's home or country as punishment
  • 13. Punishment for nagging or gossip, often by public shaming
  • 15. Structure used to hang criminals for execution
  • 17. Metal mask used to punish and silence women

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