The pillory is a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, used during the medieval and...
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however, such as The Virginia Informer, are privately funded. The oldest extant student news sheet from the College of William & Mary is The Owl, an unofficial...
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pillory is a style of restraint where the fingers are held in a wooden block, using an L-shaped hole to keep the knuckle bent inside the block. The name...
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The Pillory of Lisbon (Portuguese: Pelourinho de Lisboa) is a pillory situated in the municipal square of the Portuguese capital (in the civil parish of...
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Pillory (foaled 1919 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Pillory was a chestnut horse bred and raced by the co-owner and president of...
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Stocks (redirect from The stocks)
by their restraint of the feet. The stocks consist of placing boards around the ankles and wrists, whereas with the pillory, the boards are fixed to a...
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term and pillory in 1732 after giving false information to the courts, from which he benefited financially. He was killed while in the pillory by Edward...
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pillory used in various jurisdictions to punish miscreants. The drunkard's cloak was actually a barrel, into the top of which a hole was made for the...
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1–5 Pillory Street is a large curved corner block in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, in the French Baroque style of the late 17th century, which is listed...
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stealing the spotlight". His subsequent match with Goldberg at Super ShowDown in June 2019 was also widely pilloried, with Bryan Rose of the Wrestling...
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Daniel Defoe (redirect from A British Officer In The Service Of The Czar)
a pillory on 31 July 1703, principally on account of his December 1702 pamphlet entitled The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters; Or, Proposals for the Establishment...
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The Pillory of Bragança (Portuguese: Pelourinho de Bragança) is a 15th-century sculpted stone column with symbolic political, administrative and judicial...
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fiddle or neck violin is a variation of the yoke, pillory, or rigid irons whereby the wrists are locked in front of the bound person by a hinged board, or...
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Pelourinho (Cidade Velha) (redirect from Cidade Velha's Pillory)
The Pelourinho (Portuguese for "pillory") is an important monument in the city of Cidade Velha in the south of Santiago, Cape Verde. The historic centre...
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The Pillory of Braga (Portuguese: Pelourinho de Braga) is a 15th-century sculpted stone column with symbolic political, administrative and judicial significance...
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prevent this, the player can provide for them, give them gifts, reeducate them, or detain them in a pillory until they stop dissenting. The game has Twitch...
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The Pillory of Arcos de Valdevez (Portuguese: Pelourinho de Arcos de Valdevez) is a 15th-century sculpted stone column with symbolic political, administrative...
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Henry VIII (redirect from Henry the Eighth)
England. Some dissenting monks, including the first Carthusian Martyrs, were executed and many more pilloried. The most prominent resisters included John...
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Charles I of England (redirect from King Charles the First of England)
example, in 1637 William Prynne, Henry Burton and John Bastwick were pilloried, whipped and mutilated by cropping and imprisoned indefinitely for publishing...
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Rangers F.C. (redirect from The Gers)
For years Rangers have been pilloried for what the majority of people saw as discrimination against one section of the population. Now we have shown...
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Scold's bridle (redirect from The Gossip's Bridle)
pillory, but did not restrain the sufferer from speaking. They were generally used in both England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries. The scold's...
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Guillotine (redirect from The Guillotine)
The device consists of a tall, upright frame with a weighted and angled blade suspended at the top. The condemned person is secured with a pillory at...
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Cropping is the removal of a person's ears as an act of physical punishment. It was performed along with the pillorying or immobilisation in the stocks, and...
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Leopold II of Belgium (redirect from Leopold II of the Belgians)
the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. Born in Brussels as the second...
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Thirteen Ghosts (redirect from The twelve ghosts of the black zodiac)
starvation after being condemned to the pillory that she carries with her as a ghost; her skin is badly damaged. The Great Child: (played by C. Ernst Harth)...
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Mike Tyson (redirect from The Baddest Man on the Planet)
p. 43. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017. Gao, Max (September 15, 2022). "She was pilloried for accusing Mike Tyson...
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Coimbra) Pillory of Aguiar da Beira (Carapito, Aguiar da Beira) Pillory of Alcanede (Alcanede, Santarém) Pillory of Batalha (Batalha, Batalha) Pillory of Castle...
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Lisbon (category Recipients of the Order of the Tower and Sword)
The city lies in the western portion of the Iberian Peninsula, on the northern shore of the River Tagus. The western portion of its metro area, the Portuguese...
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The Pillory of Aguiar da Beira (Portuguese: Pelourinho de Aguiar da Beira) is a pillory located in the civil parish of Aguiar da Beira e Coruche, in the...
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a brief altercation with the three strangers, they are arrested by Master Kent and chained to the pillory for the week. The woman travelling with them...
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