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'''Immurement''' is a form of [[execution]] where a person is walled up within a building and left to die from [[starvation]] or [[ |
'''Immurement''' is a form of [[execution]] where a person is walled up within a building and left to die from [[starvation]] or [[dehydration]]. This is distinct from a [[premature burial]], where the unfortunate victim typically dies of [[asphyxiation]]. |
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[[Ugolino della Gherardesca]], his sons and other members of his family were supposedly [[immured]] in the [[Torre dei Gualandi]] and [[starved to death]] in the [[thirteenth century]]. [[Dante]], his contemporary, wrote about Gherardesca in his masterpiece ''[[The Divine Comedy]]''. |
[[Ugolino della Gherardesca]], his sons and other members of his family were supposedly [[immured]] in the [[Torre dei Gualandi]] and [[starved to death]] in the [[thirteenth century]]. [[Dante]], his contemporary, wrote about Gherardesca in his masterpiece ''[[The Divine Comedy]]''. |
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Immurement is a form of execution where a person is walled up within a building and left to die from starvation or dehydration. This is distinct from a premature burial, where the unfortunate victim typically dies of asphyxiation.
Ugolino della Gherardesca, his sons and other members of his family were supposedly immured in the Torre dei Gualandi and starved to death in the thirteenth century. Dante, his contemporary, wrote about Gherardesca in his masterpiece The Divine Comedy.
Literature
In Edgar Allen Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado", the enemy of Montressor, Fortunato, is walled up in his catacombs.
See also
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