Far more than just a method of execution, hanging and gibbeting in the medieval world were designed to inflict lasting pain and public shame. While hanging could be swift, gibbeting often left the ...

Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. Displaying the bodies of executed criminals in public was a common practice in medieval times. The authorities did so to deter ...

Among the remains of executed criminals, including their detached skulls, was an almost complete chain used to string them up and a link belonging to another. Chains were sometimes used instead of ...

It was Broughton’s demeanour and the gruesome nature of his death and display in a gibbet that brought sympathy and fame, creating a popular attraction on the Common and a story to be retold.

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

During the 18th Century, whipping, pillory, or stocks, and the gallows were popular forms of public punishment for robbery, whilst a conviction of high treason meant a sentence of ‘hung, drawn and ...