Including so "punished" women who shouted too loudly. Maybe this is where the usual opinion about the restraint of the British comes from? You are truly convinced of how wise our ancestors were! No psychologists, sophisticated tests and other modern husks for you.
And the results are good. So admire how bad characters were fought in the Middle Ages.
In our time, poorly educated, not sober and distinguished by indecent behavior, representatives of society become heroes of videos on the Internet and on television. In the Middle Ages, in some European countries, the punishment was different - the guilty were put on iron masks, in which they were forced to walk the streets.
This original "decoration" was called "masks of shame", they were securely attached to the head and there was no way to remove them yourself.
There were masks for men, women, and even children. But most often women were punished in this way - grumpy wives and brawlers.
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Some of these "masks" had a gag.
Sometimes a bell was attached to the masks so that as many people as possible would pay attention to the offender.
Often the form of the mask told what the wearer was punished for. A long nose meant curiosity, and the similarity of the masks to the muzzle of a donkey indicated that the punished was stupid.
Those caught in alcohol abuse were forced to wear a pig mask.
Those wearing such masks became the objects of ridicule and even aggression.
Probably, the percentage of corrections after such a punishment was high - it is unlikely that someone who "tried on" such a mask once wants to wear it again.
