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ukołowienie

English translation: breaking on the wheel/wheel torture/breaking torture

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Polish term or phrase:ukołowienie
English translation:breaking on the wheel/wheel torture/breaking torture

16:17 Oct 2, 2014
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Polish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History
Polish term or phrase: ukołowienie
"wybrane sceny filmu powstałego na kanwie "Drogi na Kalwarię" ukazują ukołowienie młodego wieśniaka."

Chodzi o ukołowienie jako formę tortury i uśmiercenia analogiczną do ukrzyżowania.
Można ją oglądać dość dokładnie w filmie "Młyn i Krzyż" Lecha Majewskiego
Pod poniższym linkiem znajduje się fragment obrazu "Droga na Kalwarię" Breugla, na który widać narzędzie tej tortury - po prawej stronie, na nim siedzi czarne ptaszydło. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder_-...

Nie wiem nawet, czy wśród historyków tak właśnie się to nazywa, ale takiego sformułowania użyła osoba udzielająca wywiadu, który tłumaczę.

Będę wdzięczna za pomoc.
Agnieszka_PL
breaking on the wheel
Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_wheel

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Also called The Catherine Wheel, this device always killed its victim, but did so very slowly. The victim's limbs were tied to the spokes of a large wooden wheel. The wheel was then slowly revolved while the torturer smashed the victims’ limbs with an iron hammer, breaking them in many places.

Once his bones were broken, he was left on the wheel to die. Sometimes the wheel was placed on a tall pole so birds could pick and eat the flesh of the still-living human. It could take up to two or three days for him to die of dehydration. - http://www.oddee.com/item_96596.aspx
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4 +1(breaking) wheel torture
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Breaking wheel
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breaking on the wheel


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_wheel

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http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/53/99/06/539906352752...

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Also called The Catherine Wheel, this device always killed its victim, but did so very slowly. The victim's limbs were tied to the spokes of a large wooden wheel. The wheel was then slowly revolved while the torturer smashed the victims’ limbs with an iron hammer, breaking them in many places.

Once his bones were broken, he was left on the wheel to die. Sometimes the wheel was placed on a tall pole so birds could pick and eat the flesh of the still-living human. It could take up to two or three days for him to die of dehydration. - http://www.oddee.com/item_96596.aspx

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(breaking) wheel torture


Explanation:
See
http://www.medievality.com/the-wheel.html

Jacek Kloskowski
United States
Local time: 15:32
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Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Reference: Breaking wheel

Reference information:
Breaking wheel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_wheel

https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Breaki...
UWAGA- drastyczne :)

http://www.medievality.com/the-wheel.html

Jacek Konopka
Poland
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PRO pts in category: 11
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