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Date Posted: 13:13:42 03/29/06 Wed
Author: Bruce David Wilner
Subject: Re: Medieval Torture Methods
In reply to: Matthew Cason 's message, "Re: Medieval Torture Methods" on 08:38:34 09/12/02 Thu

The most detailed coverage for what you want is probably found in Richard Sair's "The Book of Torture and Execution" (Toronto: Golden Books, 1944). For whatever reason--well, actually, because Sair's name occurs nowhere on the book--it is generally catalogued under Arnold Hirsch, M.D., who edited it. You can also find very thorough information in "Le Musee des Supplices" (I can't remember the author), the very bizarre "Erozismus im Hexenprozess" (I can't remember the author), and the article "Tormento" in "Larousse Enciclopedia Gran Universal Ilustrada" (older editions, pre-1940, particularly).

>Of course.
>
>The ISBN for 'The Thief, the Cross, and the Wheel' is
>0226520153. I've checked amazon.com and they have it
>in stock. You can find book info and several reviews
>at this page:
>
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/022652015
>3/qid=1031844895/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-3603246-7935819?
>v=glance&s=books&n=22
>
>The other one is a little tricky, as it has been out
>of print for years. The author, I remembered, is a
>guy named John Swain. There are, however, several
>used copies of it, ranging in editions from the 1930s
>through the 50s, in various states of disrepair, at
>amazon.com as well. If you go to the page below, it
>should bring up a search on it, and give you all the
>options available:
>
>http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/search-handle-url/ix%3
>Dfixed-price%26fqp%3Dkeywords%01The%20Pleasures%20of%20
>the%20Torture%20Chamber/103-3603246-7935819
>
>I hope these are of some help!
>
>-Matt
>
>
>
>
>
>>Matt,
>>
>>Thanks for your help, could you possibly provide the
>>ISBN numbers for these books.
>>
>>This is the kind of collaboration that I hope would
>>happen with this message service.
>>
>>John WIneland
>>
>>
>>
>>>Oh, almost forgot to mention. One other great book.
>
>>>
>>>The Thief, the Cross and the Wheel: Pain and the
>>>Spectacle of Punishment in Medieval and Renaissance
>>>Europe
>>>
>>>by Mitch Merback. He gives particular emphasis to
>the
>>>Christian/Western methods of torture, and draws some
>>>religious connotations stemming back to the
>>>crucifixion of Christ, as well. It's not a cheap
>>>book, though. I think I shelled out $30.00 for it,
>>>and that was at a local used bookseller that is
>famous
>>>for slashing its prices to meet the demands of
>>>penny-pinching college students. But if you can get
>a
>>>copy of it, it's another great resource.

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