Both hanging and decapitation by Axe or Sword.
It was the chosen method of execution.
Guillotine
The Guillotine was a French instrument of execution.
chopping off the head via guillotine.
Guillotine
Guillotine.
Aside from the old English method (a big hefty executioner with a really big axe), the most common machine used for beheading was the French Guillotine. It was used as a method of execution in France until capital punishment there was abolished in 1981. The last execution in France by guillotine was in 1977. There are other older machines similar to the French Guillotine, like the Scottish Maiden, and the Halifax Engine, but the guillotine is the most well known device because of its use during the French Revolution to execute nobles, including the King and Queen of France. ---- the guillotine
No, the British did not widely use the guillotine as a method of execution. Instead, they primarily relied on hanging as their form of capital punishment. The guillotine is most famously associated with the French Revolution, where it was adopted as a symbol of revolutionary justice. While there were instances of the guillotine being used in Britain, it was not a standard practice.
The guillotine.
guillotine
we don't know who designed the guillotine but Dr Joseph Ignace Guillotine was the lobbyist for it and said they would benefit from execution of people
Guillotine.