Assertion: torture | /r/Synonym | the question
Facets:
value: according to diderot's encyclopédie
type: OTHER
value: in seventeenth-century france
type: TEMPORAL
value: simply
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In the book Crime and Criminal Justice in Europe and Canada it is mentioned that fear was a factor in the process of torture and that there was a form of torture known as La présentation de la question or simply the "Question", where the prisoner was led to the torture chamber and was shown the implements of torture.
text: According to Diderot's Encyclopédie, torture was also referred to as "the question" in seventeenth-century France.