Medieval punishment was designed not only to kill, but to terrify everyone watching. The transcript covers torture, forced ...

Hanging was a common medieval execution, but for certain criminals, punishment did not end with death. After execution, bodies were sometimes placed in iron cages known as gibbets and displayed in ...

In 1991, the remains of a woman were discovered on the early medieval foreshore of the Thames River. The skeletal remains were moved to the London Museum, where they were curated. However, the ...