More medieval libel.
The so-called Scold’s Bride was never used during the Middle ages. It is, of course, a modern invention. It was invented when Galileo was using telescopes, the Pilgrims sailed to the New World, Francis Bacon was inventing empirical science, and so on.
The so-called Scold’s Bride was never used during the Middle ages. It is, of course, a modern invention. It was invented when Galileo was using telescopes, the Pilgrims sailed to the New World, Francis Bacon was inventing empirical science, and so on.
I would love to know how often this device was used and for how long.
I’m willing to make a blind bet that the answer is “almost never” and “it was a fad that died out in one generation.”
I’m willing to make a blind bet that the answer is “almost never” and “it was a fad that died out in one generation.”
“This term and the punishment for it appears to have gone out of use by the early 17th Century.”
Which is funny, because it also *started* in the early 17th Century.
Also, the thing was ILLEGAL.
Which is funny, because it also *started* in the early 17th Century.
Also, the thing was ILLEGAL.
I’ll lay down cash money to bet that there is MUCH MORE torture in this Year of Our Lord 2021 than there was in 1021, and WORSE torture too.
I recognize that “the Middle Ages” aren’t exactly precise, but I don’t think the 1620s count in *anyone’s* reckoning as “the Middle Ages.”
I go with 500-1500 because it’s easy.
I go with 500-1500 because it’s easy.
500 — Rome has been sacked, the Empire is effectively gone in the West. King Arthur is founds Camelot
1500 — Luther is just a few years away from launching the Reformation.
Those are good benchmarks.
1500 — Luther is just a few years away from launching the Reformation.
Those are good benchmarks.
Feminists. I’m trying to be sympathetic, because gender ideology really does need a critique, but …
By “centuries” she means “10-20 years”, by “through Europe and North America” she means “in a few parts of Northern England and New England, not legal in either."
By “centuries” she means “10-20 years”, by “through Europe and North America” she means “in a few parts of Northern England and New England, not legal in either."
In other news, 200,000,000,000 women were burnt as witches because men just plain *hate* women.
Before we damn a whole age as “backwards and superstitious,” e.g., the Colonies at the time of the Salem Witch Trials, we should note that we too, engage in witch-hunts.
The Rittenhouse trial was an ATTEMPTED WITCHHUNT, after all, with hundreds of thousands rooting for it.
The Rittenhouse trial was an ATTEMPTED WITCHHUNT, after all, with hundreds of thousands rooting for it.
Oh yeah, there was also a version for men, which feminists are unlikely to mention. And since no one but feminists worries much about branks, I better tell you. Devotion to feminism and lies (believing and tell) are correlates.
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