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Were Iron Maidens Ever Actually Used? (2020x11)
Date de diffusion: Jan 16, 2020
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The people of the Middle Ages have a reputation for wanton brutality and, as supposed evidence of this, countless instruments of torture sit in museums around the world, arguably the most famous of which being the Iron Maiden.
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Sources:
https://creators.vice.com/en_uk/article/vvy8v3/the-middle-ages-darkest-tech-was-invented-by-victorian-con-men
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/120101.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0323.htm
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