Inside the Dungeon Walls

The king gave punishment a whole new meaning, he methods were, well, medieval. One punishment was branding prisoners, there were typically three places that prisoners were branded. The cheek, all could see the mark, behind the thumb, and on the chest (easier to hide). Another medieval method was pressing, a wooden board was placed on a prisoner, then, every day more weight was added on the board. The prisoner was only given enough food to survive. One other method was cutting fingers, the prisoner's fingers were locked in a 'head lock' but the holes were made for fingers.

In the medieval castle there were two usual methods of execution, drowning and hanging. In the method of hanging, prisoners stood on a 'stand' with a noose and trap door. The prisoners crimes were said then they were tied to the noose. When the trap door was released the prisoner fell with the rope on his neck, he was chocked to death. Drowning, another method of execution was just as bad. The criminal was either drowned in the village pond or the moat. Now that you know methods of execution and torture, you know why people call them medieval methods.