In the medieval times if you committed a crime such as stealing to

even murder you had to be punished. The most popular

punishments would include fines, shaming, multination, torture
or usually death. If you were accused of a crime, you would be
taken to the Kings Court to decide weather you were guilty or
not.

Fines: You would be fined a certain amount of money to pay for your
crime.

Shaming: You would be placed in stocks to show people that you had
committed a crime.

Multination: Someone would cut off a part of your body such as your
arm or leg.

Torture: You would be put through a lot of pain, and the torture would
usually end in death.

Death: In the Kings Court, the accused would be trailed by ordeal to
find out if you were guilty or innocent. The ordeal would often end in
death.

KINGS COURT
IN THE KINGS COURT YOU WOULD BE TRIALLED BY EITHER WATER OR
FIRE TO FIND OUT WEATHER YOUU WERE GUILTY OR INNOCENT.

Ordeal by water: The accused person would have their hands
and feet would be tied up and they would be thrown into water.
If they floated they were guilty and if they drowned they were
innocent.

Ordeal by fire: They had to pick up a red hot iron bar and walk
three or four paces whilst holding it in their hand. Their hand
was then bandaged and in three days they had to return to the
court and remove the bandages. If the wound was beginning to
heal, they were innocent. If the wound hadn't started to heal
yet, they were pronounced guilty.
Top 10 Crazy Punishments

1. The Brazen bull
You would be locked in metal bull and a fire would be set
under it and you would die in the metal bull.

2. The Rat Torture
Imagine being having your hands and legs tied down and
your stomach is covered with a metal container with a rat
in it. The container is heated slowly and the rat tries to
get out, so it eats through the container and through your
digestive system.

3. Head Crusher
The victims head would be placed in the middle of this
device and it would be slowly crushed the closer it came
together. It would crush their teeth as well while is
compresses the skull. This would happen for hours until
their eyeballs popped out of their sockets.

4. The Rack
The rack is a wood plank with ropes at the top and the
bottom attached to the victims feet and hands. A person
would crank the handle and the ropes would pull the
victims arms and legs out of their sockets.




5. Judas Cradle
This piece of equipment created lots of agony for the
victim. The anus or private part of the victim was put
over the point of the cradle. Then the person was
lowered onto it with ropes. This torture could be held over
hours or days. The victim usually wouldnt have cloths on
and some times they would put weights on their ankles
for fun. Also the cradle wouldnt be washed so the victim
might catch an extremely bad disease.

6. Knee Splinter
The knee splinter was made to destroy the victims knees
and any other joints. If often didnt cause death but it was
extremely painful and was only the beginning of the
victims torture. Their knee would be put in a metal jaw
shaped contraption and the jaw would close very tightly.

7. Torture by saw
All you needed for this torture was a two man saw and a
rope to hang the victim from the tree by their feet. The
victim would be held upside down so all their blood would
rush to their head, so that they would be conscious for
more time. Two people would saw down through the
person.


8. The Breaking Wheel
The victim would be tied to a wooden wheel. The wheel
would be turned and a person (the torturer) would use an
iron hammer to break their limbs and bones. Then the
victim would be left on the wheel to die. Death would
take usually 2-3 days.

9. Impaling
The victim would sit on a very sharp pole and penetrate
the anus and the abdomen. The poor victim would slide
down the pole, although sometimes the pole would get
stuck under the chin so they could slide no more. The
death would take 1-3 days.

10. The Breast Ripper
This torture was used on sinful or deceitful women only.
These red-hot claws would be put on the victims breast
and be ripped off, either pulling the breast off or
shredding it.