The talkative bridle was a terrible instrument of torture. It was neither more nor less than an iron muzzle, intended for the faces of “gossips”, those women who kept criticizi… See more

By the side of the shrew yoke, handcuffs are nothing. Again intended for gossip or violent women, this wooden or metal device forced an individual to move around with his arms fol… See more

There is a ladies pillory. In other words, unlike men, only the head was attached to the pole and not the hands. In addition to being in chains, the offender was shown to the crowd a… See more

What better way to punish a woman of light morals than to cut her nose? The Middle Ages society did not hesitate to mutilate her nose, a symbol of her beauty. Under Louis XIV, it was … See more