Bygone Punishments
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Table of contents
1. Front matter2. Preface.3. Hanging.4. Hanging in Chains.5. Hanging, Drawing, and Quartering.6. Pressing to Death.7. Drowning.8. Burning to Death.9. Boiling to Death.10. Beheading.11. The Halifax Gibbet.12. The Scottish Maiden.13. Mutilation.14. Branding.15. The Pillory.16. Punishing Authors and Burning Books.17. Finger Pillory.18. The Jougs.19. The Stocks.20. The Drunkard's Cloak.21. Whipping and Whipping-Posts.22. Public Penance.23. The Repentance Stool.24. The Ducking-Stool.25. The Brank, or Scold's Bridle.26. Riding the Stang.27. Index.