Discusses torture as a method of getting information, and the methods used in the European witch hunts. Also discusses torture after 1800 being used as a form of punishment. Includes some excellent links to other resources.

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medieval torture, medieval torture methods, methods of torture, torture in middle ages, professor pavlac’s torture pages, middle ages

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information