I can't believed I paid so much for this book. I could have draw the pictures from the wood cuts. There was an obvious lack of information as well as the dating of the tortures. It read at a middle school level. If I didn't have to pay for the postage I would send it back. I learned nothing new by reading this. I'd stick to my own research if I were you. If it had been a book of the original woodcuts with approximate dates it would have been much more helpful. One woodcut, page 11 is said to be from the 11th century yet the people are wearing 17th century clothes and there is a spelling error on page 21. The price for this book should be about $4.00 instead of $14.95. Please just spend an hour in a good library and you would learn more.