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Elizabeth Bathory is often looked upon as one of the true sources of the vampire legends and stories about her abound. Although there is some debate as to whether she bathed in the blood of virgins or simply covered herself in it, there is little doubt http://www.louistaschenshoponline.com/ she used it to help try to keep herself young and powerful. Fact and fiction are difficult to differentiate in her tale, but if you combine the known facts with the commonly believed but less verified stories of her, it makes for interesting, if bloody, reading.Elizabeth Bathory was born into a powerful family in Hungary in 1560. Her parents were George and Anna Bathroy and belonged to one of the oldest, wealthiest aristorcratic families in Hungary. She had a cousin who became Prime Minister and her Uncle, Stephan Bathory, became the King of Poland reigning between 1575 - 1586. No doubt in part caused by inbreeding between many of the noble families, the Bathory family had more than its fair share of strange and often demented family members. These included and Uncle who was knows as an ardent Satanist and an Aunt, Klara, who was openly bisexual (at a time when it was far from 'acceptable') and Klara always had a house fully of very willing 'guests' including frequent visits by Elizabeth.Elizabeth Bathory's introduction to torture and sadism started early in her life with the first recorded incident being when she witnessed the death of a visiting gypsy accused of selling his louis vuitton outlet. Penalties for such a crime could be harsh, so after a night of torture in which his screams were heard throughout the castle, he was taken at dawn for his gruesome execution. This involved being sown into the belly of a freshly killed horse and left to die slowly and painfully with the procedure being witnessed by Elizabeth. louis vuitton speedy to say this made a lasting impression on Elizabeth and reinforced her already strongly held belief that lives of those under her were cheap.As was often the custom at the time, Elizabeth was married early at the age of just 15. by an arranged marriage to Ferenc Nadasdy who became known as 'The Black Knight of Hungary'. After the marriage they moved to one of the largest of their many properties, the mountain fortress of Castle Csejthe overlooking the village of Csejthe in north-western Hungary. Despite his background, Ferenc was poorly educated and spent much of his time fighting and warring, leaving Elizabeth very much to her own devices.At the time it was common to beat the servants of a household for small infringements, sometimes severely. However, Elizabeth soon took this to new heights and by her early 20's had become very loghdtaschen in ways to torture and punish her servants, savouring their screams and pleas for mercy. Her more inventive punishments included the use of heated pins inserted into the face, lips, limbs and fingernails as well as the removal of pieces of sensitive flesh with glowing pincers. When a more severe 'punishment' was called for the offending girl would often be dragged naked into the snow to be doused with iced water until she froze to death. http://blog.yahoo.com/_7L5V7YUY3ODUWX7FGWA3NBV6ZI/articles/1058419/indexhttp://wiaini1.blogspot.com/2013/01/zippy-geldborse-amarante.html www.blog.com |
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