Apparently, the permanently outraged are complaining about 'Gunpowder' on BBC1

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Originally Posted by Burney

Oh, the quartering was the easy bit, since one was usually dead by that stage. It simply meant being hacked into various pieces that could then be sent to various parts of the kingdom and spiked on the city gates.

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I get the general idea. Aside from the head, what can you really put on a spike? A Left leg? A bit of torso?

The rack doesnt appear to be a day at the beach either. All in all, torture seems quite unpleasant.

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Originally Posted by Peter

I get the general idea. Aside from the head, what can you really put on a spike? A Left leg? A bit of torso?

The rack doesnt appear to be a day at the beach either. All in all, torture seems quite unpleasant.

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Yeah, basically, they'd joint you like a piece of meat and stick your bits out to rot - except your head, which they'd tar first to preserve it.

Actually, one of the most effective tortures was simply hanging someone with their arms behind them. The dislocation of the shoulders would happen gradually and the pain would be exquisite without the torturer really having to put any effort in. The bastinado (or beating of the soles of the feet) was very effective, too.

Mind you, according to the Spanish Inquisition records, most people gave in at the point when they were being shown the instruments of torture.

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Originally Posted by Burney

Yeah, basically, they'd joint you like a piece of meat and stick your bits out to rot - except your head, which they'd tar first to preserve it.

Actually, one of the most effective tortures was simply hanging someone with their arms behind them. The dislocation of the shoulders would happen gradually and the pain would be exquisite without the torturer really having to put any effort in. The bastinado (or beating of the soles of the feet) was very effective, too.

Mind you, according to the Spanish Inquisition records, most people gave in at the point when they were being shown the instruments of torture.

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Pfff, quitters.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Pfff, quitters.

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Spaniards, innit. No backbone. :shrug:

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Originally Posted by Burney

It was OK. Mind you, it didn't do anything to suggest that Kim Harington's range extends very far beyond sounding a bit moody in a northern accent. Unlike in GoT, the programme makers also did nothing to disguise his lack of inches. Pretty much every other character - male and female - towered over him.

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:hehe: Almost worth watching for that

And let us not forget b, it was not that long ago