Who were some famous women that were hung in the medieval days?

Question

I'm trying to come up with a Halloween costume.

Answer 1

In the medieval ages in England at least, hanging was only used for commoners convicted of a criminal offense. Beheading was what was used for political crimes which was often proceeded by torture or if you were of noble blood (who only ever got convicted of political crimes anyway). Religious crime was ALWAYS punished by being burned at the stake. Other countries used these execution styles at their discretion of course, but they too generally followed this dispersal pattern. Once the firearm was invented, the firing squad was also brought to the fore, but that was almost entirely for military executions. It is only in societies that have experienced modern revolutions that the firing squad has been brought into civilian punishment with of course the one major exception being in the United States.

PS: The proper past tense of the verb "hang" in both American and Queen's English is "hung" when describing anything other than a person who is "hanged". It's a very clear distinction that people tend to forget.

Answer 2

They usually only hung theives, when they caught famous people they didn't hang them, they torured them for the crowds pleasure.

Joan of Arc was burned


Lady Jane Grey- was Beheaded- Queen of England for 9 days- was blindfolded and couldn't find the executioner's block and had an unknown hand help her find it....


i don't know of any others.... except for maybe King Henry's wives, the ones whom's heads he cut off because they didn't give him a male heir.

Answer 3

Jean D'Arc

Answer 4

in the old days they were hung...Joan von ARC

Answer 5

Dunno, but Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.
I think hanging was usually for common criminals (thieves) not famous people.