• teft@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      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.

    • MataVatnik@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I once saw a video of an execution in Saudi Arabia, the prisoners were just kneeling with their heads bowed a little.