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
The guillotine.
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
The Guillotine was used during the french revolution.The device is noted for long being the main method of execution in France and, more particularly, for its use during the French Revolution, when it "became a part of popular culture, celebrated as the people's avenger by supporters of the Revolution and vilified as the pre-eminent symbol of the Reign of Terror by opponents