Punishment by stocks. Border illustration from a 14th-century manuscript, showing a monk and lady in stocks being reprimanded by the lady's knight. Ar

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Punishment by stocks. Border illustration from a 14th-century manuscript, showing a monk and lady in stocks being reprimanded by the lady's knight. Artwork from the 14th-century work 'Smithfield Decretals' (Decretals of Gregory IX), thought to have been produced in France (the text is Latin) and illuminated (illustrated) in England in around 1340.

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