A medieval torture instrument and infamous punishment of ancient barbaric origin.
It was used to obtain the confession, and consisted in tying with a long rope the wrists
Also known as the torture of fire, it was practiced by placing the defendant on a wooden seat that
They were particular containers, similar to the current mailboxes, which, distributed around the city, were intended to collect anonymous complaints intended for the
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In Venice in 1094 Doge Vitale Falier was in power. In this period the first edition of the Carnival of Venice began unconsciously