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Titus Oates in the pillory

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Schoolboy being held by another boy so he can be birched by the teacher, while the rest of the class watches with enjoyment. From "The Comic Almanack for 1839: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, containing 'All Things Fitting For Such a Work' by Rigdum Funnidos, Gent." Illustrations by George Cruikshank. Published by Charles Tilt, London, in 1838.

Pro and Con: Corporal Punishment

Law, Legislation, Document

What Is an Injunction?

ripped torn flag, pirate, skull

Are There Laws on the High Seas?

Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)

8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History

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Sydney New Years Eve Fireworks

Why Does the New Year Start on January 1?

pg 229Nazi parade features a banner proclaiming, "Death to Marxism."The possibility of a peaceful Germany after World War I was precluded entirely by the terms of the Versailles Treaty and theintransigent hostility of France and England. Stripped of indu

Were the Nazis Socialists?

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding

7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Adolf Hitler (Nazi, nazism, German leader).

9 Things You Might Not Know About Adolf Hitler

pillory: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Academia - The digital pillory: Media shaming of ordinary people for minor crimes (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Dec 27, 2024
	Added cross-references.	Alicja Zelazko	May 03, 2024
	Add new Web site: History Today - Daniel Defoe Put in the Pillory.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 25, 2024
	New article added.	Michael Ray	May 29, 2018