The iron maiden (AKA, jungfernkuss, eiserne jungfrau, the virgin, kiss of the virgin) is a fictional iron cabinet torture device with a hinged front and spike-covered interior to enclose a human being. Wolfgang Schild, a professor of criminal law and criminal law history at the University of Bielefeld, has argued that putative iron maidens were pieced together from artifacts found in museums to create spectacular objects intended for exhibition.

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Iron Maiden, Fictional Torture Device

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