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minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoThe french form of beheading was to have them kneel upright during a beheading instead of putting their neck on a block. It’s how Anne Boleyn was decapitated by the swordsman from Calais.
minus-squareMataVatnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI once saw a video of an execution in Saudi Arabia, the prisoners were just kneeling with their heads bowed a little.
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The french form of beheading was to have them kneel upright during a beheading instead of putting their neck on a block.
It’s how Anne Boleyn was decapitated by the swordsman from Calais.
I once saw a video of an execution in Saudi Arabia, the prisoners were just kneeling with their heads bowed a little.