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Dunking Stool
Ducking stools or cucking stools were chairs formerly used for punishment of disorderly women, scolds, and dishonest tradesmen in medieval Europe and elsewhere at later times. The ducking-stool was a form of , or "women's punishment", as referred to in Langland's ''Piers Plowman'' (1378). They were instruments of public humiliation and censure both primarily for the offence of scolding or backbiting and less often for sexual offences like bearing an illegitimate child or prostitution. The stools were technical devices which formed part of the wider method of law enforcement through social humiliation. A common alternative was a court order to recite one's crimes or sins after Mass or in the market place on market day or informal action such as a Skimmington ride. They were usually of local manufacture with no standard design. Most were simply chairs into which the offender could be tied and exposed at her door or the site of her offence. Some were on wheels like a tumbrel t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ducking-Stool 1 (PSF)
Ducking stools or cucking stools were chairs formerly used for punishment of disorderly women, Common scold, scolds, and dishonest tradesmen in medieval Europe and elsewhere at later times. The ducking-stool was a form of , or "women's punishment", as referred to in Langland's ''Piers Plowman'' (1378). They were instruments of public humiliation and censure both primarily for the offence of common scold, scolding or wiktionary:backbite, backbiting and less often for Sex and the law, sexual offences like bearing an Legitimacy (family law), illegitimate child or prostitution. The stools were technical devices which formed part of the wider method of law enforcement through social humiliation. A common alternative was a court order to recite one's crimes or sins after Mass or in the market place on market day or informal action such as a Skimmington, Skimmington ride. They were usually of local manufacture with no standard design. Most were simply chairs into which the offender cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
