What Happened To The Heads Cut Off During The French Revolution?
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Inside of London during the
Inside of London during the Tudor period and the reign of King Henry VIII it was normal for people to pass under London Bridge and see the heads of traitors and criminals that had been cut off on Tower Hill. Condemned people were usually lead out of the Tower of London and then taken on the short walk north to Tower Hill and the public beheading spot. The executions on Tower Hill usually occurred in front of crowds of thousands and the condemned rested their head on the block and then if lucky the executioner would strike with one swing of their axe. If not then it took a number of different swings of the sharp weapon to take someone’s head off. The head was usually then taken to London Bridge and then suspended on a pike high above the gatehouse to act as a warning of the King or Queen’s power and to deter people from getting involved in serious crime such as treason. It was a harrowing sight and some of the Tudor period’s most prominent figures and traitors had their heads displayed. But during the French Revolution the French King and Queen both lost their heads on an execution device which was aimed to be efficient in the way it executed. Interestingly the guillotine blade which fell was actually proposed by the King Louis XVI, the man who lost his head on the device during the French Revolution. But the blades from these execution devices fell all over France and during the reign of terror 17,000 people at least lost their lives at the guillotine in a matter of months. But what happened to the heads of those people who were cut off during the French revolution? Were they displayed like on London Bridge?
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