Search results
5 days ago · The guillotine is the iconic contraption that was designed to swiftly decapitate humans using a large, falling blade. It is best known as the weapon of choice of zealous French Revolutionaries in ...
3 days ago · This engraving, based on a color portrait by Beys, depicts the death of Robespierre on the guillotine. The executioners wear not the traditional hangman’s hood but red bonnets representing liberty. This judgment notes Robespierre’s failure to the Revolution itself.
May 7, 2024 · While the guillotine mostly focused on France, other countries also used it as an execution method. This includes Belgium which had its last execution on May 8, 1856, with the death of Francis Kol. Kol had been convicted of both robbery and murder.
6 days ago · The guillotine was first introduced as a humane, efficient, and above all modern form of execution in April 1792; during the radical phase of the Republic, it would become the symbol of the Terror. This engraving suggests the guillotine is providing "good support for liberty."
May 16, 2024 · Reportage vidéo de 1981 montrant la guillotine dans son entrepôt de la maison d'arrêt de Fresnes. Modèle : guillotine Berger, probablement construite en 1872.
- 1 min
- 632
- Guillotine - Histoire d'une machine
May 8, 2024 · Demonstrators on campus called for the “guillotine” to be used on GW president Ellen Granberg and other school administrators, a resurfaced video posted to social media showed.
