Re: Primitive forms of justice e.g. virgin blood
The Scarlet Letter is an amazing book by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It describes the story of this unmarried woman who had a child, and as a consequence not only had to wear the letter A (scarlet letter), but also was an outcast from the town. She was also had “witch tendencies” because she gathered roots and herbs to make medicine and what not. She was given oppurtunities to reveal the identity of the child’s father, but she never relented. Turns out it was the local priest 
Sorry to spoil the end, but I hated the end. The guy gets off easy, and there is no pay-back for the humiliation the woman had to suffer.
The movie is based on the book.