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The stocks (Old English stocc, a trunk or wooden post) was a low-level punishment involving short-term arrest and public humiliation. Crimes such as drunkenness, swearing, vagrancy and desertion of duty might involve various amounts of time in the stocks.
Used throughout the middle ages, the stocks (very similar to the pillory) continued in use into the Victorian era.
The stocks involved being imprisoned outdoors, with the feet and sometimes the head and wrists fixed in an arrangement of hinged planks with holes provided. The victim was unable to move and was at the mercy of the local people, who would beat the victim with sticks and pelt him/her with anything that came to hand: stones, mud, faeces, rotten food and so on.
The pillory was an upright post with the hinged planks at the top, so the victim had to crouch uncomfortably for many hours with their head and hands trapped. The stocks normally had the planks set on the ground, so the victim was seated.
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What was a explorers in a Middle Ages?
There was no explorers in the middle ages. When exploration started that is when the middle ages ended.
What period of time preceded the Middle Ages and what time period came after the Middle Ages?
Before the middle ages was Anquity (Greeks and Romans) and after the middle ages was the Renissance
One difference between the Middle Ages and previous eras is that during the Middle Ages. One difference between the Middle Ages and previous eras is that during the Middle Ages .?
well your wording is confusing😕
What is the middle ages called?
The 'middle ages' is also known as the 'medieval period'.
How many families ruled England in the middle ages?
how many families ruled in the middle ages
What machine trapped your head and hands from the middle ages?
The Pillory; also called the stocks
How were drunkards punished in the middle ages?
drunkards were punished in the middle ages in diffrent ways, some might be put in the stocks for 2 days,or have there hands chopped of so they can drink again ---- Actually, Its Only The Stocks. You Dont Get Your Hands Cut Off. But Other Than That The Answer Is Correct.
What were stocks used for in the middle ages?
To punish people and let others see what would happen if they broke the law.
What is the period in Europe between AD 500 and 1500 known as?
The period of time from 500 AD to 1500 AD is called the Middle Ages.
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The third period of the Middle Ages was the Late Middle Ages. The first is called the Early Middle Ages or the Dark Age. The second period was the High Middle Ages.
What time was the middle ages?
Early Middle Ages 400 - 700, High Middle Ages 700 - 1300, Late Middle Ages 1300 -1500.
Was a page from the Middle Ages or renaissance?
Middle ages
Was acrylic in the middle ages?
It was not worn in the Middle Ages.
What period of time preceded the Middle Ages and what time period came after the Middle Ages?
Before the middle ages was Anquity (Greeks and Romans) and after the middle ages was the Renissance
Did they have love in the Middle Ages?
Yes, they had love in the Middle Ages.
What came first renaissance or Middle Ages?
middle ages
