The guillotine didn't disappear after the french revolution, it's just that after the french revolution the french gradually started to lose their taste for capital punishment as entertainment. It moved from the city center to the prison yard, and eventually the executions started being done with rules of strict privacy. read more
The guillotine didn't disappear after the french revolution, it's just that after the french revolution the french gradually started to lose their taste for capital punishment as entertainment. It moved from the city center to the prison yard, and eventually the executions started being done with rules of strict privacy. read more
A guillotine (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ə t iː n /; French: ) is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame in which a weighted and angled blade is raised to the top and suspended. read more
Guillotine like machines seem to have functioned in Germany, Great Britain and Italy before 1300, but there is no clear evidence to prove this. The earlier machines replaced the axe, but the guillotine replaced the sword. read more