Really nice, informative train. Thanks for the ride and for all the work you put into it :)
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History, no matter if it shows humanity in a good or a bad light, should never be forgotten. Thank you for the interesting thread.
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Wow thank you guys for this awesome event! I´m only half way through with all this information, but I can´t stop reading! 🤓
Thanks for sharing and sorry for not participating this time, I´m in for the next event for sure 😇
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People were buried alive so often in the 19th century that inventors patented safety coffins that would give the "dead" the ability to alert those above ground if they were still alive.
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In my city (Poznan) one of the most important noblemans in the history of Poznan - Edward Raczynski - builded something called "The atrium of death". The building was a kind of mortuary designed for people who were afraid of being buried alive in a state of lethargy or clinical death.
It was erected during a period of widespreading rumors of the discovery in the graveyard of Poznań the remains of people allegedly buried alive. Information about the discovery caused psychosis of fear among the inhabitants of Poznań, further fueled by sensational publications in contemporary magazines. The building contained two halls for men and women, as well as a caretaker's apartment. The guardian of the house was obliged to place a kind of thimbles tied with a string of bells on the toes of dead person. At the moment of hearing the sound of the bell, the caretaker was supposed to call a doctor who had given up the resuscitation.
Due to lack of interest in the foundation, the building was demolished in 1852.
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In Medieval times the accused often faced a "trial by ordeal", where they were forced to stick their arm into a vat of boiling water. If their arm emerged unscathed, it was believed God protected them, thus proving their innocence.
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The intention of the trial by ordeal was to leave the judgment of an accused in the hands of a higher force. In European societies during the Middle Ages, a concept known as the iudicium Dei (meaning ‘the judgment of G-d’) was the basis for the trial by ordeal. It was believed by societies during that time that G-d would intervene and protect an innocent person during a trial by ordeal, whilst punishing a guilty individual. Although the trial by ordeal is most commonly associated with Medieval Europe, its use can be found in other societies in earlier periods of history.
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The trial by water is most infamously known for being used to try witches during the 17th century. A person accused as a witch would be dragged to the nearest body of water, stripped to their undergarments, bound, and tossed into the water to see if she would sink or float. The logic was that since witches spurned the sacrament of Baptism, the water would reject their body, causing them to float. On the other hand, if woman sank, then her innocence was proven. Though the accused would normally have a rope tied around their waist so that she could be pulled up if she sank, accidental drowning deaths did occur as well.
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Trials by combat (duellums) were less common than ordeals. These literal legal fights mainly resolved property disputes: he-said-she-said cases where a judge or local authority could not resolve two people’s disagreement.
Unlike ordeals, scholars can’t redeem trials by combat with theories of how they discovered the truth. In theory, God helped the honest party win the fight. In practice, the strongest person, or the person with the money to hire the strongest champion, won the case. (In yet another example of history failing to live up to our romanticization of it, trials by combat usually ended with one of the fighters surrendering, and judges often had champions use weaker weapons like clubs to keep the trials non-lethal.)
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It is the hardest question, but the answer is in the train. :-)
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Animals were put on trial in medieval times and routinely sentenced to death.
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In Venice during the Renaissance there was a case where a rapist was given the choice of going to jail for six months, paying a fine, or marrying his victim. He chose marriage.
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In early Rome a father could legally kill anyone in his family.
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Dear Steamgifts Members,
today United States of America celebrate Independence Day. Our group of historians created a train full of informations about this event - and we are proud to share it with you on this special day. But July is not only about Independence of USA, and that is why our train ends on July 14th - The Bastille Day, the French National Day - a turning point of the French Revolution. So our train contains also stories related to la Fête nationale.
The stories were assembled on the train in the following order: at the beginning all about United States Celebration of Independence Day, in the end all about French Celebration of Bastille Day, in the middle all relative to other topics with similar values, such as freedom, peace, equality and independence.
At the end of the train there is a little suprise for you - the Quiz. So if you've read everything we wrote carefully enough, you may try it. Maybe you'll be lucky in giveaways we've prepared.
We've also created some Jigidis related to events we celebrate. You'll find them in the middle of the train, they will give you an opportunity to win even more games.
HERE you can start your journey with us:
We'd love to hear some feedback from you, and discussions are allowed. Please, feel free to comment, let us know what you think, how you celebrate (if you do). And don't forget to bump the thread.
I'd like to thank all of my Write History Group Members who contributed, especially db (David) - he took the whole responsibility of organisation (which is not easy). The idea of creating the train was also his, so he as an Inventor and Creator is our Hero today. Obrigado, David.
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