Key Takeaways Victims were sealed inside a bronze sculpture called the Brazen Bull that was heated until they died, their screams mimicking the bull's …
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Torture was a very popular form of punishment in the Middle Ages, but it also served as a social deterrent and as entertainment for the masses.
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Oliver Cromwell has the peculiar distinction of being the only political criminal to be executed two years after his death. Yup, that's right. Cromwell, …
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