Medieval torture...how bad?

**matteus the inbred** · 01-26-2006, 15:53

Impaling could also be extremely nasty... in some cases - when the executioner was a master in his "art" and could impale the victim from rectum to throat without harming any vital organs - the victims have survived up to 4 days, eventually submitting to internal bleeding!

sounds similar to the Japanese variant of crucifixion, where the victim was suspended on the cross and then had long spears inserted carefully into their body. a skilled executioner could insert up to 14 spears without piercing internal organs, and it took days to die...

**Sardo** · 01-26-2006, 17:38

Well, this is certainly a good thread to cause sleep deprivation... And seeing as I'll be needing all the sleepless time I can get in this time of exams, please do break out the most horrible torture practises you can think of!

About the Blood-Eagle - I seem to vaguely recall reading somewhere, sometime that this was actually more of a myth and not really practised by the Vikings. Any conclusive evidence on this?

**Ironside** · 01-26-2006, 19:11

Originally Posted by Sardo

Well, this is certainly a good thread to cause sleep deprivation... And seeing as I'll be needing all the sleepless time I can get in this time of exams, please do break out the most horrible torture practises you can think of!

About the Blood-Eagle - I seem to vaguely recall reading somewhere, sometime that this was actually more of a myth and not really practised by the Vikings. Any conclusive evidence on this?

Red something simular about the Blood-Eagle, but it's as vague as for you.

And for torture-practices:

You strap a human with the stomage upwards, then you take a cauldron upside down and place it on the stomage (or somewere around there), while trapping some rats in there. Then you start to heat up the couldron. The rats will panic and will desperatly try to dig themself out, through the human.

Also strapping someone on a v-shaped log (each leg on each side) with the pointy end up and then putting weights on the legs so you will slowly be cut in half.

Cruel enough?

**Rosacrux redux** · 01-26-2006, 21:53

There is a variation to that reserved only for females - the bronze cage (a fine, chinese IIRC, method of torture). Instead of a bowl they used a bronze cage with a single rat inside and they placed this strategically... ahem... attached to the womans genitalia. They heated the cage, the rat panicked and tried to ...wel... eat his way out, through the only side that was not barred - the one leading to the womans insides.

A very horrible way to die, if you are a lady...

**doc_bean** · 01-27-2006, 00:17

Heck, they probably tried that with a man and some hungry rats too, I hear rats will eat ANYTHING

**Just A Girl** · 01-27-2006, 00:23

I still think Hung drawn and quaterd is the worst.

Although ive heard aof a torture that involves a Thin cilinder of glass.
that is inserted in to mans penis. "through the only hole"

And then the mans penis is hit with a hammet or other blunt object that smashes the glas cilinder in to Loads of little slivers.

(BOUND TO HURT!)

**Sardo** · 01-27-2006, 02:17

Originally Posted by Just A Girl

I still think Hung drawn and quaterd is the worst.

Although ive heard aof a torture that involves a Thin cilinder of glass.
that is inserted in to mans penis. "through the only hole"

And then the mans penis is hit with a hammet or other blunt object that smashes the glas cilinder in to Loads of little slivers.

(BOUND TO HURT!)

I actually physically cringed at this and could barely suppress multiple exclamations of horror. This is just too much. My goodness.

And now I actually do need to go to bed. Thanks a lot... Maybe this'll get real interesting if I manage that lucid dreaming thing from the Frontroom thread.

**Scurvy** · 02-01-2006, 21:35

Originally Posted by Just A Girl

I still think Hung drawn and quaterd is the worst.

Although ive heard aof a torture that involves a Thin cilinder of glass.
that is inserted in to mans penis. "through the only hole"

And then the mans penis is hit with a hammet or other blunt object that smashes the glas cilinder in to Loads of little slivers.

(BOUND TO HURT!)

you have to wonder who thinks these up....

**Kraxis** · 01-27-2006, 01:36

Originally Posted by Ironside

Also strapping someone on a v-shaped log (each leg on each side) with the pointy end up and then putting weights on the legs so you will slowly be cut in half.

I'm pretty sure this is a myth.
There was a very similar practice in use here in Denmark for use when the peasant (as in singular) didn't do as the local noble demanded on his time. This is from 1600-1800 (ca).
The peasant would be put on the 'horse' (that was it's name) and he would be in for a horrible time of pain, but it would neither be fatal or even permanently damaging to him.

The blood eagle could very much be a myth made up by scared monks. But the fact is that the vikings when enraged about honour could be very cruel. After all they had that common pagan belief in strength and derived from that, the right.
So a blood eagle would not be beyond them.

I mean they were actively found to be playing 'football' with heads at times. So while they were no barbarians, they were still not nice enemies.