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Little Ease was a prison cell located beneath the White Tower in the Tower of London. The lightless cell was designed 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) on a side, meaning that while an adult human could be placed inside, any occupant was prevented from being able to either stand, sit, or lie down, meaning it was impossible for him to find any physical position of rest (i.e., "little ease" could be found).

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  • Little Ease (de)
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  • Mit dem englischen Begriff Little Ease (dt. etwa „wenig Bequemlichkeit“) wird eine vor allem im Mittelalter in Europa praktizierte Foltermethode bezeichnet. Der Gefangene wurde dabei in eine sehr kleine Zelle oder ein Loch eingesperrt, in dem er weder stehen noch liegen konnte. (de)
  • Little Ease was a prison cell located beneath the White Tower in the Tower of London. The lightless cell was designed 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) on a side, meaning that while an adult human could be placed inside, any occupant was prevented from being able to either stand, sit, or lie down, meaning it was impossible for him to find any physical position of rest (i.e., "little ease" could be found). (en)
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  • Mit dem englischen Begriff Little Ease (dt. etwa „wenig Bequemlichkeit“) wird eine vor allem im Mittelalter in Europa praktizierte Foltermethode bezeichnet. Der Gefangene wurde dabei in eine sehr kleine Zelle oder ein Loch eingesperrt, in dem er weder stehen noch liegen konnte. Im Tower of London befanden sich mehrere Little Eases. Die Maße waren 45 cm in der Breite, 120 cm in der Höhe und 60 cm in der Tiefe. Beispielsweise wurde Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), Sprengstoffexperte der Schießpulververschwörung Gunpowder Plot vom 5. November 1605, 50 Tage in einer dieser Zellen gefoltert, bis er seine Mitverschwörer verriet. Edmund Campion (1540–1581) wurde in einem 4×4 Fuß kleinen Little Ease des Tower of London vier Tage gefoltert, um dem katholischen Glauben abzuschwören. (de)
  • Little Ease was a prison cell located beneath the White Tower in the Tower of London. The lightless cell was designed 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) on a side, meaning that while an adult human could be placed inside, any occupant was prevented from being able to either stand, sit, or lie down, meaning it was impossible for him to find any physical position of rest (i.e., "little ease" could be found). Evidence suggests that Edmund Campion, a Catholic priest in Elizabethan England, was imprisoned for four days in the cell in July 1581. According to Bell (1921), by tradition, Guy Fawkes was housed there in 1605. Another possible inmate was Miles Prance in 1678. But Bell also stated that there is some doubt that the cell ever actually housed prisoners. (en)
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