Mini Nugg: Torture Devices

The brief and horrid history of thumbscrews and the Pear of Anguish!

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Sources

https://a-z-animals.com/blog/10-animals-with-opposable-thumbs-and-why-its-so-rare/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumbscrew_(torture)
https://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-torture-devices/thumbscrew-torture/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/thumbscrew
https://www.maas.museum/inside-the-collection/2013/03/18/instrument-of-torture-the-thumbscrew/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/pear-of-anguish




https://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-torture-devices/pear-torture-device/




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pear_of_anguishhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/pear-of-anguish https://www.medievalists.net/2016/03/why-medieval-torture-devices-are-not-medieval/