Otherwise called the Judas Chair, it was an unpleasant, threatening torment gadget that was added to prisons in the Middle Ages. Utilized until the 1800′s as a part of Europe, this seat was layered with 500 to 1,500 spikes on each surface with tight straps to control its casualty. Made of iron, it can likewise contain spaces for warming components underneath the seat. It was regularly used to alarm individuals into giving admissions as they watched others being tormented on the gadgeThere are many variants of the chair. They all have one thing in common: spikes cover the back, arm-rests, seat, leg-rests and foot-rests. The number of spikes in one of these chairs ranges from 500 to 1,500.
To avoid movement, the victim's wrists were tied to the chair or, in one version, two bars pushed the arms against arm-rests for the spikes to penetrate the flesh even further. In some versions, there were holes under the chair's bottom where the torturer placed coal to cause severe burns while the victim still remained conscious.
This instrument's strength lies primarily in the psychological fear caused on the victims. It was a common practice to extract a confession by forcing the victim to watch someone else be tortured with this instrument.
The time of death greatly varied ranging from a few hours to a day or more. No spike penetrated any vital organ and the wound was closed by the spike itself which delayed blood loss greatly.
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