Blood gushing from open wounds, screams escaping through tortured lips. These are some things that have been experienced during the Middle Ages (1250 - 1700 AD) in almost any European jailhouse. Torture, more commonly referred to in Latin terms as "questio" (www.auburn.edu), was the primary punishment inflicted on prisoners in hopes of getting a confession or statement of truth from the prisoner. The act of torture is essentially the infliction of pain and suffering upon one's body. .
There were many different ways in which one could be tortured during the Middle Ages. One particular way in which the "criminal" could be tortured was by an anal, oral, or vaginal pear. This device, in the shape of a pear, was inserted into either the rectum, throat, or vagina. Whilst in these orifices, the pear would expand by force of a screw and cause severe if not fatal wounds. The pointed prongs at the end of the pear served to rip into the throat, the intestines, or the cervix. Often the face of Satan was engraved on the pear .
Another torture device that was used during the Middle Ages was known as "The Ducking Stool" (Scorpius.spaceports.com). This device was an armchair suspended above either a pond or a river. This armchair, with a woman fastened to it, would then be lowered down into the water until she was completely submerged, then it would be hoisted out of the water. This procedure would be repeated as many times as needed. This torture device was fashioned mainly for females that were witches, minor offenders, prostitutes, or scolds (www.houseofdesade.org). John Dunton, a man from Boston, commented on this torture device and its use by saying, " were this a Law in England and well executed it wou'd in a little Time prove an Effectual Remedy to cure the Noise that is in many Women's heads." (Scorpius.spaceports.com) Misson, a French traveler said, "The way of punishing scolding women is pleasant enough" (Misson, 1700 A.
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