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Stocks, the Glossary

Stocks are feet restraining devices that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation.^[1]

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European instruments of torture
Medieval instruments of torture
Modern instruments of torture

Acts of the Apostles

The Acts of the Apostles (Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, Práxeis Apostólōn; Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire.

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Aldbury

Aldbury is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, near the borders of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire in the Bulbourne valley of the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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Alfold

Alfold is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England on the West Sussex border.

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Bilboes

Bilboes (plurale tantum) are iron restraints normally placed on a person's ankles.

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Bilton, Warwickshire

Bilton is a suburb of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, located about south-west of Rugby town centre.

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Book of Job

The Book of Job (ʾĪyyōḇ), or simply Job, is a book found in the Ketuvim ("Writings") section of the Hebrew Bible and the first of the Poetic Books in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

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Canewdon

Canewdon is a village and civil parish in the Rochford district of Essex, England.

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Colonial Williamsburg

Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and private foundation presenting a part of the historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia.

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Conquistador

Conquistadors or conquistadores (lit 'conquerors') was a term used to refer to Spanish and Portuguese colonialists of the early modern period.

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Corporal punishment

A corporal punishment or a physical punishment is a punishment which is intended to cause physical pain to a person. Stocks and corporal punishment are corporal punishments.

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Dermott, Arkansas

Dermott is a city in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States.

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Dromore, County Down

Dromore is a small market town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Early modern period

The early modern period is a historical period that is part of the modern period based primarily on the history of Europe and the broader concept of modernity.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Evesham

Evesham is a market town and parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands region of England.

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Eyam

Eyam is an English village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales that lies within the Peak District National Park.

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Great Amwell

Great Amwell is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England.

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Haveringland

Haveringland is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk about north-west of Norwich.

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Huntley, Gloucestershire

Huntley, Gloucestershire, is a village on the A40 located west of Gloucester.

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Latin America

Latin America often refers to the regions in the Americas in which Romance languages are the main languages and the culture and Empires of its peoples have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Little Longstone

Little Longstone is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England.

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Livestock crush

A cattle crush (in UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Botswana and Australia), squeeze chute (North America), cattle chute (North America), standing stock, or simply stock (North America, Ireland) is a strongly built stall or cage for holding cattle, horses, or other livestock safely while they are examined, marked, or given veterinary treatment.

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Lysias

Lysias (Λυσίας; c. 445 – c. 380 BC) was a logographer (speech writer) in ancient Greece.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Miner

A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay, or other minerals from the earth through mining.

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Newbury, Berkshire

Newbury is a market town in West Berkshire, England, in the valley of the River Kennet.

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North Turton

North Turton is a civil parish of the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, England.

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Oakham

Oakham is a market town and civil parish in Rutland (of which it is the county town) in the East Midlands of England.

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Oakham Market Cross

The Market Cross in Oakham, Rutland, England, is a market cross dating from the 16th or 17th century.

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Old Testament

The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Israelites.

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Paul the Apostle

Paul (Koinē Greek: Παῦλος, romanized: Paûlos), also named Saul of Tarsus (Aramaic: ܫܐܘܠ, romanized: Šāʾūl), commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle (AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world.

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Pillory

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 renaissance periods for punishment by public humiliation and often further physical abuse. Stocks and pillory are European instruments of torture, medieval instruments of torture and modern instruments of torture.

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Public humiliation

Public humiliation or public shaming is a form of punishment whose main feature is dishonoring or disgracing a person, usually an offender or a prisoner, especially in a public place. Stocks and public humiliation are corporal punishments.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.

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Shackle

A shackle (or shacklebolt), also known as a gyve, is a U-shaped piece of metal secured with a clevis pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism.

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Shrew's fiddle

A shrew's 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 steel bar. Stocks and shrew's fiddle are European instruments of torture and medieval instruments of torture.

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Silas

Silas or Silvanus (Greek: Σίλας/Σιλουανός; fl. 1st century AD) was a leading member of the Early Christian community, who according to the New Testament accompanied Paul the Apostle on his second missionary journey.

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Solon

Solon (Σόλων; BC) was an archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker, political philosopher, and poet.

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Statute of Labourers 1351

The Statute of Labourers was a law created by the English Parliament under King Edward III in 1351 in response to a labour shortage, which aimed at regulating the labour force by prohibiting requesting or offering a wage higher than pre-Plague standards and limiting movement in search of better conditions.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stocks

Also known as Ankle/wrist stocks, Public stocks, The stocks, Village stocks.

Stocks, the Glossary

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European instruments of torture

Medieval instruments of torture

Modern instruments of torture

References