Immurement

  • Man's Inhumanity to Man
  • 1 min

By Crusader1307

As a method of both Torture and Execution, Immurement is the practice of enclosing a Victim in some form of small enclosure, depriving the, of light and sound – and allowing them to die from starvation and or lack of water. The practice is record in use back in Ancient Rome as punishment for Vestal Virgins who failed to “maintain” their status. In the Middle Ages, the practice (popular in Spain), had the victim chained to a n inset wall – and having an additional wall constructed several feet (or inches), in front of them. This work would eventually entomb the offender. Strangely, MANY European Countries used Immurement as a form of slow execution (especially with regards to Royalty or Nobles). Countess Elizabeth Bathory is a famous example of a variation of immurement (sealed into Her Room until She died). Strangely, it was practiced by some religious Orders (Nuns), as a form of “physical denial”. The practice was so widely known (if seldom talked about), that even 19th Century American Writer Edgar Allen Poe – wrote of a Immurement case in his Story, “The Cask of Amontillado”.