Death penalty in the Middle Ages

Penal system in the Middle Ages: representation of various methods of execution, hanging, decapitation, the Catherine wheel, burning and drowning were common modes of execution. Disembowelment, shown in the middle of the picture, was used less often. This form of punishment was administered locally for tree bark stealers and plow robbers. Theft, among others, was punished by cutting off the hand, as pictured on the right

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Administered Bark Decapitation Disembowelment Drowning Less Locally Methods Modes Often Penal Plow Punished Robbers Stealers Theft

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