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| The body of the victim's is stretched as the crank tighten |
The Rack is often looked upon as the most
commonly used and most painful method of torture in the Middle Ages. The
victim would be tied to a frame that expanded as a handle was turned.
This would result in the body being stretched the more the crank was tightened.
Usually used as a means to extract
confessions, the Rack was famously used on many of the Knights Templar.
It was not uncommon for limbs to be completely torn from the body. Some
variations of the rack included special modifications that stretched and
mangled the spinal cord, rendering an uncooperative person handicapped, at
best.
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