Comments on: Peine forte et dure http://streetsofsalem.com/2012/09/19/peine-forte-et-dure/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:42:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Brodie Waddell http://streetsofsalem.com/2012/09/19/peine-forte-et-dure/#comment-4171 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:18:31 +0000 http://streetsofsalem.com/?p=12957#comment-4171 Great stuff, Donna! If you (or your readers) are interested in a bit more information, there is a good (prize-winning!) article by my former MA supervisor, Andrea McKenzie, “‘This death some strong and stout hearted man doth choose’: The Practice of Peine Forte et Dure in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century England,” Law and History Review (June 2005) 279-313.

It discusses, amongst other cases, the story of Margaret Clitherow of York, who was pressed to death in 1586 for refusing to enter a plea after being accused of harbouring Catholic priests. She was later canonised and is now revered as a martyr by the church.

]]> By: daseger http://streetsofsalem.com/2012/09/19/peine-forte-et-dure/#comment-3666 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:46:13 +0000 http://streetsofsalem.com/?p=12957#comment-3666 Well obviously not. Salem has evolved, but it embraces its Witch Trial past enthusiastically.

]]> By: janina http://streetsofsalem.com/2012/09/19/peine-forte-et-dure/#comment-3664 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:37:46 +0000 http://streetsofsalem.com/?p=12957#comment-3664 Hmmm….as I don’t live there, I must ask: Is it still like that in Salem?

]]> By: markd60 http://streetsofsalem.com/2012/09/19/peine-forte-et-dure/#comment-3657 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:46:57 +0000 http://streetsofsalem.com/?p=12957#comment-3657 I do not like posts like this. Gives me nightmares.

]]> By: daseger http://streetsofsalem.com/2012/09/19/peine-forte-et-dure/#comment-3655 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:51:43 +0000 http://streetsofsalem.com/?p=12957#comment-3655 I haven’t, Alastair: trial by ordeal is a little early medieval for me, but I do think I will take on one variation, the “swimming test” for witchcraft, soon.

]]> By: Alastair Savage http://streetsofsalem.com/2012/09/19/peine-forte-et-dure/#comment-3654 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:23:49 +0000 http://streetsofsalem.com/?p=12957#comment-3654 Fascinating. I’m also interested in trial by ordeal. Have you ever written a post on that? I’d like to hear your thoughts on how that operated.

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