The proceeds will be channeled into financing the above mentioned activities and into the opening of new permanent exhibitions against torture. Torture is commonly mentioned in historical sources on Assyria and Achaemenid Persia. There is archaeological evidence of torture in Early Neolithic Europe, about 7,000 years ago. It’s important to highlight that this initiative is part of a wider project that consists of collateral and multimedia activities such as meetings, debates and cultural festivals, in collaboration with international associations like Amnesty International, the Human Rights Mexican Academy, the United Nations and with the support of Public Authorities and National Institutions, in order to sensitive the public opinion about human rights. Torture that most notorious aspect of medieval culture and society has evolved into a dominant mythology, suggesting that the Middle Ages was a period. In most ancient, medieval, and early modern societies, torture was legally and morally acceptable.
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Circa 1400, Heretics are tortured and nailed to wooden posts during the Inquisition. During its journey, the exhibit has always received a great public success and a positive consent from critics, from the press and medias (both national and local). Browse 329 medieval torture device stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. The DGS presents to you 13 instruments of suffering from the Middle Ages, which will reassure you that you were not born at that time. Torture was often practised, even on people who had committed trivial crimes. Many cities have welcomed us with great interest, the exhibit that originated in Florence (Italy) in 1983 has already become internationally renowned as “exceptional testimony against state and power criminality perpetuated everywhere since time immemorial”. What exactly is Medieval Times What should be expected at a Medieval Times performance Is the show historically accurate What else does Medieval Times. Torture has always existed, but there is a time when the methods were particularly sordid: the Middle Ages.
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At present the collection, counting more the a thousand pieces, has been divided in six permanent museums and three world-wide traveling exhibitions. The on-going acquisition of objects has allowed us through the years to diversify our patrimony, our contents and cultural goals according to different realities and demands of the various countries. Thanks to the collaboration and dedication of many researchers and collectors, in Italy and in Europe, we collected the richest documentation of the genre. Our association has been running and organizing torture traveling exhibits for 30 years.