Witch Trial: Ducking Stools

Create your own website with Wix and support the Simple History channel! go to: https://www.wix.com/go/simplehistory The Ducking stool was a 16th and 17th Century form of punishment derived from the earlier Cucking stool. The Ducking stool punishment would always end in the ducking of the guilty person in water, often repeatedly in front of a large crowd. Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://www.zazzle.com/simplehistory/gifts?cg=196817456987349853 Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ http://www.simplehistory.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/simple_guides Credit: Created by Daniel Turner Narrator: Chris Kane www.vocalforge.com Sources: Curious Punishments of Bygone Days By Alice Morse Earle Between the Devil and the Host: Imagining Witchcraft in Early Modern Poland By Michael Ostling Villages of Britain: The Five Hundred Villages that Made the Countryside By Clive Aslet Punishments of Former Days By Ernest W. Pettifer Dictionary of Torture By Nigette M. Spikes