Old Time Punishments
by William Andrews
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A history of the peculiar and particular punishments known as the ducking stool, the Scottish maiden, the pillory, stocks, whipping post, the drunkard's cloak, hanging in chains, and the more terrifying and unsavory punishments such as death by pressing, being hung then drawn and quartered, and death by boiling.Tags
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William Andrews was an English author and editor of dozens of books, including Old Church Lore, and Yorkshire in Olden Times. He published several evolving works on bygone punishments; this is his third and, by his account, definitive statement on the subject. Born in 1848, he died in 1908.
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Old Time Punishments
- Dedication
- To Alderman John Love Seaton, J.P., The Park, Hull, This Volume is Respectfully Inscribed
- First words
- Scolding women in the olden times were treated as offenders against the public peace, and for their transgressions were subjected to several cruel modes of punishment.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)In the year 1710, the use of the maiden was discontinued. It may now be seen in the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, at Edinburgh.
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 364.6 — Society, Government, and Culture Social problems and social services Crime Punishment
- LCC
- HV8532 .G8 .A6 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminal justice administration Penology. Prisons. Corrections
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
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