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It wasn't just Henry VIII who did this, it was the standard method of execution in those days. Capital punishment was widely used in past Centuries, and right from Roman times up until the early 18th Century, beheading was the standard means of carrying it out.
Henry VIII was a harsh ruler and sentenced many people to death on charges of treason or other major crimes, but the practice was not unique to him- many other monarchs both before and after him did the same thing.
He had two of his wives beheaded on charges of treason- Anne Boleyn because she would not agree to divorce him and was said to be planning to poison both him and his third wife Jane Seymour (how much actual evidence there is for this is not clear, but there IS some reason to suppose that Anne was becoming mentally unbalanced in the year or so before she was put to death), and Katherine Howard, again on treason charges but this time related to adultery, which in those days was considered a treasonable offence for the consort of a reigning monarch.
Although he was a 'bloody King', Henry did not always willingly sentence people to death- he was genuinely fond of his Chancellor, Thomas More, who opposed the creation of Henry's divorce laws so that the King could divorce Catherine of Aragon, and tried very hard to get Thomas to agree to them.
It also has to be said that beheading is an extremely quick way of execution- that, along with being shot, is the quickest way to go. As soon as the base of the cerebral cortex is severed, death is instentaneous, and the victim was usually brain-dead before the axe had finished severing their neck. It is also so quick that it is pretty well painless.
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Where did Henry VIII wives get their heads cut off?
The Tower of London!
Were the Mayans peaceful?
no. not that much actually. if they were why did they cut peoples heads of who were the losers of a game.
At the Mayan pyramid do they cut off peoples heads and watch them roll down?
YES.
Which of Henry VIII wives had their heads cut off?
Second wife of Henry VIII:Anne Boleyn (c1501-07 - 1536) had been unfortunate enough to not be able to provide Henry VIII with a male heir, and was executed on trumped up charges of adultery, incest, witchcraft - all treasonable offences. She was beheaded by an expert French swordsman, ordered by Henry as a more merciful death, on 19 May 1536. Ironically her triumph was that she was the mother of a great monarch, Elizabeth I.Fifth wife of Henry VIII:Catherine Howard (c1520 - 1542) was much younger than Henry VIII (1491 - 1547). She made the treasonable mistake of having an affair with a cousin of her mother's, Thomas Culpepper. When King Henry was given the details of her adultery, he is said to have cried, as he had always thought of Catherine as his "rose without a thorn". Catherine (a cousin of Anne Boleyn's) was beheaded on 13 February 1542, having asked for the block to be brought to her the night before, so that she could practice placing her head upon it.
How did anne boylen die?
she died off child birth 12 days later after she had a baby No; she had her head cut off I believe as she was accused by Henry VIII (her husband) of getting cosy with one of her near relatives...
Where did Henry VIII wives get their heads cut off?
The Tower of London!
Did Henry viii cut wood?
no
Do they still cut peoples heads of at the Tower of London?
No.
Was Henry VIII's head cut off?
No. Henry VIII suffered ill health and died in 1547 at the age of 55.
What was one of the things that the US did in World War 1?
cut peoples heads
Did the native Americans cut peoples heads off and put them in baskets?
yes
Were the Mayans peaceful?
no. not that much actually. if they were why did they cut peoples heads of who were the losers of a game.
At the Mayan pyramid do they cut off peoples heads and watch them roll down?
YES.
What device was used to cut off peoples heads?
The Guillotine
What did Henry VIII wear when he was a child?
Henry VIII wore some stilettos & a nice mini skirt with a v-cut tank top with his breast bulging out of his tank top ; )
Why did Henry VIII cut of Anne Boleyn head?
because henry VIII's guards caught her cheating on him
What king cut his wives heads of he they didn't have a boy?
king henry the eighth
