Historical story

The best medieval "entertainment"? Public execution ...

Crushing, burning, drowning, boiling alive and impaled ... A medieval burgher would be disappointed with modern methods of capital punishment. You can read about how our ancestors carried out the executions in Johnathan J. Moore's book, "Hang, Gut and Dismember".

This book is an uncompromising look at the history of executions over the centuries. As we learn about the next killer techniques - from the lightning-fast guillotine to long and slow skinning alive - one thing becomes certain - killing has always been a dynamically developing industry!

We'll start with the ancient shows at the Colosseum, where the convicts were torn to shreds by wild animals. Later we will move to the Middle Ages - the age of witches and the most elaborate tortures . We will also look at the intricate art of hanging on gallows. We are also going to visit France, the home of the guillotine. And in the 20th century? Electric chair, gas chamber and poison injection.

You can learn more about the history of the executions in Jonathan J. Moore's book "Hang, gut and dismember", which was published by the Znak Horyzont publishing house.

How long does the head cut by the executioner remain conscious? Can you survive your own execution? Is executioner a good job?

Full of bloody illustrations, this delightfully macabre book is not for the faint of heart, and definitely only for adults.