Pillory

The 17th-century perjurer Titus Oates in a 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.[1] The pillory is related to the stocks.[2]

  1. ^ "definition: "Pillory"". Dictionary.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  2. ^ Kellaway 2003, pp. 64–65

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