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by alexitorg
1371 days ago
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Dan Carlin did an history podcast on punishment and the spectacle of punishment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oRv4NZzBKw
He described a medieval central Europe scene where being broken on the wheel was punishment for some crime. The watchers were singing hymns and crying the condemned would sing along in a quiet broken voice and occasionally request a certain hymn, even after limbs had been shattered and broken. Somehow it was seen as necessary to save the persons soul. |
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