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THE GUILLOTINE
THE GUILLOTINE
Was proposed as a humane form of punishment for capital crimes.
HOW CAN BEHEADING BE HUMANE?
Compared to hanging, drawing and quartering or using a sword or an axe it was very quick. And therefore more humane
IT WAS ALSO SEEN AS BEING EQUAL AMONG SOCIAL CLASSES
In France, the wealthy were beheaded and the poor were hanged. Because of the age of Enlightenment, revolutionaries wanted everyone to have a life of equalityThe also wanted people to be equal in death
IT QUICKLY BECAME A TOOL TO KILL ANY WHO OPPOSED THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Thousands of people were killed by the Guillotine during the Reign of Terror
GUILLOTINING WAS PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT
There were people selling food and souvenirs; guillotine earrings were quite popular!!!!
People were upset that the killings happened so quickly as a result there would be many beheadings in a day
BOTH MARIE ANTIONETTE AND LOUIS WERE GUILLOTINED
Louis tried to give a speech before he was killed and the crowd yelled at him to be quiet. He soon was.
Marie Antionette is reported to have apologized to the executioner when she accidentally stepped on his foot
SMALL GUILLOTINES WERE POPULAR CHILDREN’S TOYS
They would behead dolls Sometimes they would behead rodents, such as rats They were eventually banned because parents
thought they were a bad influence on the youth And you though parents only complained about
violent video games
THE BLADE FALLS FASTER THAN THE HUMAN EYE CAN BLINK
The blade can behead a person in 1/1200th of a second
HITLER USED THE GUILLOTINE
It is estimated that Hitler had over 17,000 people killed using the guillotine
That’s more than were killed during the French Revolution
JOSEPH GUILLOTIN DID NOT INVENT THE DEVICE
He presented the idea to the National Assembly
When the device was named after him he petitioned the courts to have the name of the device changed
He did not succeed
IT WAS LAST USED IN FRANCE IN 1979
In 1981 France abolished the death penalty entirely
SOURCES:
Andrews, Evan. "8 Things You May Not Know About the Guillotine."History.com. A&E Television Networks, 15 Sept. 2014. Web. 14 Apr. 2016.