Medieval Torture- Hanged, drawn and quartered

To be hung, drawn and quartered was the penalty for high treason in medieval England, and remained on the statute book but seldom used in the United Kingdom and Ireland until abolished under the Treason Act of 1814.

The process of this form of execution was as follows:

1) The convicted was dragged on a hurdle (a wooden frame) to the place of execution. (although this may not always have been implemented)
2) They are than hanged, by the neck, for a short time or until almost dead.
3) The convicted is strapped down and have their abdominal area sliced open, in which their bowels and genitals would be removed and burn before their eyes.
4) They are than beheaded by an axe
5) Their body is than divided into four sections (quartered) and, along with their head, put on public display in an attempt to deter people from committing treason.

This method was only used on men (except in the Isle of Man). Women who were charged with high treason were instead burned at the stake.

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In this clip Thomas Culpepper and Francis Dereham are sent to be executed for high treason at the Tyburn gallows. Henry VIII commuted Culpeper's sentence to a simple beheading, though Dereham was not spared the full punishment for high treason

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[LadyAmaltheaUnicorn]

@CaneFu

That's just it; they don't understand the concept of wrongful convictions, where we have innocent people being forced to admit guilt under the duress of torture, as well as being killed in horrific ways because of bad evidence and forced confessions.

This is why these methods have been largely dropped from practice in the developed world, because they simply do not work.

But people forget about history and revert back to their ignorance, this is why I have these videos up

[CaneFu]

@LadyAmaltheaUnicorn

And those sick people should be the first to be the victims of it. About the time they were getting their guts yanked out I am sure they would deeply regret their choice. Imagine being innocent, as many people from those times were, and being sentenced to death by torture such as this - that's one reason we moved on. People have such a soft life today that they can't even imagine how hard life was back then.

[shumbadumb]

2:18 NOT THE SHIRT!

[mlmiraglia99]

Lucky bitch dancing, while your friends are being murdered

[atfatw]

@JackOfBlades434 how you begin is how you end. to predict the future you need only look at the past. its all so self evident with the brits.

[atfatw]

@machida58 Good for YOU people in general, are almost as bad as demons

[JackOfBlades434]

@CaneFu Apparently, I think 300 years probably after this a sikh follower was dunked in cold water and then boiled because he didn't follow Islam. Islam was fucked up then, but it's still fucked up now, but not that much.

[JackOfBlades434]

@atfatw Erm... You mean us pre-civilized times.

[atfatw]

the british are an abomination!

[Preecey22]

@LadyAmaltheaUnicorn

so you dont sentence someone to death without concrete evidence, not a difficult concept.

[machida58]

I hope the human race goes extinct.