As “the inflicting of bodily harm as punishment” [5. 1777], corporal punishment in the early modern period comprised a broad range of penal sanctions that is difficult to narrow down (Penalty; Criminal law) [4. 68–71]. In the late 17th century, Jakob Döpler attempted to systematize forms of corporal punishment by distinguishing them from “life punishments” (Lebensstrafen), that is, from various forms of capital punishment (Death penalty; cf. Criminality) [3]. He first covered forms of imprisonment (Priso…