Wednesday, 27 August 2014

The beheading

of  Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset at Tewkesbury, 1471

























and after the Battle of Otranto in 1480.




There are, of course, even more dramatic and terrible forms of execution:

Execution by Elephant at Belgrade.

1 comment:

  1. BazomporaAugust 27, 2014

    And the more dramatic and terrible form of beheading with the mere finger-long blade of a stabbing knife?

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