Want to get into the Middle Ages and their own eyes to see how to punish heretics, criminals and other people who are considered enemies of the Inquisition?Then go to the museum of medieval torture.The organizers of such exhibitions thought of everything: Visitors with a head immersed in the atmosphere of the time ...
Why was torture
people of today is quite difficult to understand what happened many years ago in Europe of the Middle Ages.And the question here is not so much frequent and severe punishment of the guilty and the innocent, but about the fact that all the medieval torture was a farce, combining brutal, bloody and fun for the audience!
Medieval Torture - is a necessary measure to combat crimes against the faith.Initially, torture chambers were invented as a preventive measure only the real criminals.But soon the servants of the Inquisition entered the spirit and were ready to mock anyone, something not please them.
Therein lies the whole cruelty of torture!If you think that the needle is driven under the nails criminal - is a hell of a pain, you know nothing about torture.This sophomoric in comparison with what came up in the servants of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages.
Witch Hunt
In an age which is called the "witch hunt", people have lived in fear and horror.It was enough just to cough during the sermon, the priest immediately recognize instill in people the devil.Then the poor fellow was waiting for a long and agonizing death in the form of torture, such as the so-called "bench stretching" (see. Figure above), ending his burning at the stake.
Medieval Torture Museum in Prague
all fans of Gothic art and just people who wanted to see the inside of torture chambers, we recommend a visit to the museum of torture instruments in Prague.The Holy Inquisition and sophisticated sentence of that time - a vast historical and recognizable part of the European history of the Middle Ages.They are the main theme of the Prague Museum of Torture.It is close to the Old Town Square - Celetná street, house 10.
instruments of torture presented in this museum were once collected throughout Europe.This museum can be not only a witness, but even to touch.Prague Torture Museum is known for a fairly wide exposure, with nearly 60 copies of various tools and accessories to torture people.According to some reports, some of these weapons have reached us in its original form straight from the distant 1110!
The rich Prague Museum of Medieval Torture
This museum is divided into several rooms, which embody different centuries.Accordingly, each of which contains exhibits tools belonging to a particular time.Here you can see the famous chair with spikes, and the so-called Spanish boots and chastity belt.And at the Prague museum has chairs for witches, skull crushers, chairs with toothed forceps, brazier, etc.In general, if you are in Prague, be sure to visit this museum.You will not regret it!
Museum of the History of corporal punishment in Moscow
His second name - the Moscow Museum of Torture on the Arbat.He, too, should visit all residents and guests of the capital.The Museum of the History of corporal punishment collected huge exposure: a large collection of instruments of physical effects on the medieval man, instruments of torture.All this makes us think that the era of the Middle Ages was not so romantic as it is described in his love novels by various authors.
course, exhibitions of various medieval instruments and implements for corporal punishment of people represented in many museums in Europe, but the Torture Museum in Moscow is unique in its own way.The organizers of this exhibition have thought through all the marketing moves, and decided to create her style is not thrash or horror show what it looks like in other European museums, and to consider all available attributes of torture and executions as the most authentic medieval reality, no extra staging.
Moscow Museum of corporal punishment inside
Moscow Museum of Torture on the Arbat - a special atmosphere of the Middle Ages.Visit it, and all will understand!Waiting for you every day from 12 to 22 hours at Arbat Street, the house 25/36.Here you can find all sorts of devices required for every kind of oppression of man and jeers at him through a physical impact.Here you can see the legendary "chastity belt" of the era, shackles, rearing, stretch marks and much more.
As Prague Museum, Moscow Museum of Torture has available a significant portion of replicas (reconstruction) of torture instruments and tools, which in its original form has been preserved almost anywhere.Therefore, they had to re-create on the ancient descriptions and drawings.Another plus of this museum - engravings illustrating the technique of medieval bullying people.They are located on the walls of the museum.
Torture Museum in St. Petersburg
This is another museum that tells us about the brutality and ruthlessness of the ministers of the Inquisition towards people of different origins.You can find it on the territory of the fortress.Outset area of the museum is not as big as in Moscow and Prague museums, but it exhibits little less, there is something to see.The guides of the museum will gladly answer all your questions about medieval torture.
Torture Museum in St. Petersburg has several reconstructions of the original medieval tools for bullying people.And for them it is impossible to be silent.So now we will briefly introduce you to the subtle fruit of the human imagination.
- «horse."It is an instrument of torture is a large horizontal triangle, the upper bound of which was very acute.It was on top of her imprisoned criminals, tying weights to their feet.The implications of this torture that the victim was sitting on a fairly sharp edges, which crashed into the perineum and gradually cut the man from the bottom up.
- «interrogation chair."Not one European museum of torture is complete without this famous artifact.The victim was stripped naked and seated on a chair equipped with a variety of iron spikes.At the slightest movement of the needle began to dig into the body.Often such torture continued for weeks, but if the victim did not give in, torturers applied technique of hot tongs, but that's another story.
- «Violin gossips."Punishment got its name because of the shape of the tools bullying people.Wooden shoe resembled a violin.With such a "violin" punish liars, slanderers and gossips.Arms and neck of the victim is firmly fixed in position praying guests. (See photo above).This provoked a complete circulatory problems.Such torture made sacrifices to very severe pain, after which it was simply impossible to survive!
