I went to the museum of Torture and Punishment in Rothenburg, Germany a few years ago, and if that won't shatter your enchanted image of the pastoral life in the middle ages, nothing will. They have cases and cased of humiliating and painful devices to treat miscreants of any number of offences, several of which I have been guilty of myself. I think walking around with a neck fiddle on for a few hours for some minor offence would make you think twice. They have a contraption called a shame flute. Fit around your head with a metal strap that was tightened up, forcing the mouthpiece in your mouth, then your fingers were attached to the body of the instrument by screws, and you had to go around with this contraption of for a designated amount of time for your infraction..........bad music playing!