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To be hanged, drawn and quartered
To be hanged, drawn and quartered was a method of torture, torturous capital punishment used principally to execute men convicted of High treason in the United Kingdom, high treason in medieval and early modern Britain and Ireland. The convi ...
was a penalty in England, Wales, Ireland and the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
for several crimes, but mainly for high treason
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its d ...
. This method was abolished in 1870.
See also
* Leisler's Rebellion#Execution, in New York City, 1691.References
Sources
* * * * * * * * * * *{{Citation , last = Zook , first = Melinda S. , title = Radical whigs and conspiratorial politics in late Stuart England , url = https://books.google.com/books?id=EakA-iu48g8C , publisher = Penn State Press , year = 1999 , isbn = 0-271-01856-9 Torture English criminal law Medieval English lawHanged, drawn and quartered
To be hanged, drawn and quartered was a method of torture, torturous capital punishment used principally to execute men convicted of High treason in the United Kingdom, high treason in medieval and early modern Britain and Ireland. The convi ...
People executed by the United Kingdom by hanging, drawing and quartering