Charlie Bell wrote:
>
>> I completely forgot about that bit and then I leant it to a squemish
> friend.
>> And couldn't understand when she abused me for lending her a 'horrible'
>> book. It really didn't make much impact on me. It's gross, but I think
>> I've read too much about punishment in the middle ages to find it
>> unthinkably extreme.
>>
>> Claire Bickell
>
> For those who are in London for some reason, a trip to The London Dungeon is
> worthwhile... it's a medieval horror museum. Lots of great stuff about
> inverted crucifixion ("It's a doddle!!!"), drawing and quartering, boiling
> in oil... Nice stuff like that.
I've been to something like that but I can't think where. It must have been
in Australia, but I can't think of any museums that have that kind of
display. I have this recollection of seeing a display showing a
particularly lovely method of execution where the prisoner is placed with
one leg on either side of what's best described as a tressle with a blade
along the top edge. Weights are then attached to the feet and the prisoner
is slowly sliced in half.
I know I didn't go to the London Dungeon. Can anyone spell hideously
expensive?
Claire Bickell
