Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 12238
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Enders , Jody
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  • Title: Violence, Silence, and the Memory of Witches
  • Source: Violence Against Women in Medieval Texts.  Edited by Anna Roberts.  University Press of Florida, 1998.  Pages 210 - 232.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Branks, Instruments of Torture Kramer, Heinrich, Inquisitor and Jacob Sprenger- Malleus Maleficarum Memory Speech Violence Violence Witches
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  • Geographic Area: General
  • Century: 15
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  • Illustrations: Three Figures. Figure One A woman wearing a brank, a metal framework that fitted the head and imprisoned the tongue. Reproduced from William Andrews, "Old-Time Punishments" (London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Dent 1890). Figure Two A Brank (Doddington Park). Reproduced from Andrews' "Old-TIme Punishments." FIgure Three Interior view of a brank. Reproduced from Andrews' "Old-Time Punishments."
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0813015669