Following on from last week’s Claire Chats video talk on hanging, drawing and quartering, this week I’m looking at other methods of execution used in England, and also Scotland, during the Tudor period. Brutal times!
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Execution methods – From boiling to pressing
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Execution Methods – Hanging, drawing and quartering
In this week’s Claire Chats video talk, I discuss the brutal penalty for the crime of high treason – hanging, drawing and quartering – and just what it entailed, as well as its history and famous people who suffered this awful end.
Apologies for the rather graphic descriptions!
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