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The Gibbet of Montfaucon (French: Gibet de Montfaucon) was the main gallows and gibbet of the Kings of France until the time of Louis XIII of France. It was used to execute criminals, often traitors, by hanging and to display their dead bodies as a warning to the population.
Dom Bernard de Montfaucon, O.S.B. (French: [də mɔ̃fokɔ̃]; 13 January 1655 – 21 December 1741) was a French Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, as well as being an editor of works of the Fathers of the Church.
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The history of the papacy before the Western Schism is deeply intertwined with the political and social dynamics of medieval Europe. One of the most significant events of this period was the relocation of the papal residence from Rome to Avignon in 1309.
This is how the Montfaucon of Paris appeared — the largest and most terrible gallows in the history of mankind. The full name of this infernal invention is Gibet de Montfaucon.
Other uses. Battle of Montfaucon or Meuse-Argonne Offensive, World War I battle. Gibbet of Montfaucon, the gibbet of the kings of France from the 13th century to 1760. Montfaucon American Monument, commemorating a World War I victory, in Lorraine, France.
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Bernard de Montfaucon was a pioneer in the study of Greek paleography and archaeology and a distinguished patristic scholar. He joined the Benedictine Congregation of Saint-Maur in 1676 and in 1687 was sent to Paris to edit the works of the Church Fathers.
