@Hol Codd "karma" got her eventually by slowly poisoning her with lead. Sure it was more just the times, and how makeup was made, but if you believe in Karma, it was that :)
The scary thing about living in this era is that you could so easily have been framed for a crime or simply had some fabricated crime put on you. You would then have to go through all this knowing you were innocent.
If a time machine existed today I would never travel back in time beyond my time of birth. Medieval Times amongst other eras of such were an endless nightmare. My God! How blessed we are to be living in this century.
@@TheTrevelyansway : If a time machine existed, I would love to travel back in time to Eastern civilization / first world countries back then. Mohenjo-Daro Civilization was the land of freedom, probably more freedom back then compared to western countries today. The western civilization today does not even freedom for being unvaccinated! The Govt can do whatever it wants to your body.
I couldn't even begin to describe how horrible living any time before 2014 would be (and yes, I know that a lot of people did, and I'm very sorry for those who did and had to suffer at the hands of society and shitty lawmakers, it's still crappy today (expecially in places like Russia) but it's heaven in some countries compared to then, expecially compared to the 1980's Historical fashion is good tho
The Torture Museum in London has actual implements that delivered gruesome pain by sadists of unimaginable cruelty. The "white" man has dreamed up some of the foulest and most heinous methods of torture ever devised. See the Iron Maiden, the Wooden Horse, the Rack, or the Oubliette for examples.
@@75viking75 oh dont do the 'white man' thing. The indians were brutal and merciless to captives. They would about draw and quarter you. They'd skin you alive. And usually turn you over to the women to do it, known for torture and cruelty. People must not read much to think Indians were somehow gentle saints to all men. Even if you just pay attention you ought to know better than that. Most of the Indian tribes were known as brave and fierce warriors, enemies you better fear. But they could just as easily adopt you and those people usually wanted to stay.
@@maxmills3211 Not everyone was equally violent or brutal though.People and countries don't behave the same way now-it was the same way back then. A great example is this- if you could fast forward a thousand years, people will talk about WW11 as a war between savages. The allies did some horrible thing, so they're just as bad as axis powers. People do the same thing nowadays with people like Ghengis Khan. People thousand years in future won't really see much difference between the British Empire and Nazi Germany. Not all practices and cultures of the past were equally warlike and violent, just like they're aren't equally violent today. The European were about thousand years ahead of the Aztecs in terms of development, and that doesn't just impact technology, but also culture, governemnt, and religion. Aztecs would have developed given time, but to say they were as violent as Spanish just doesn't reflect reality.
@@Zvabh You used poor grammar in your comment. You should have used the word “doesn't” instead of “don't”. It won't be held against you, but try to do better next time.
These dark macabre parts of our history are so intriguing! It's fascinating how we are naturally so curious and interested in death. I'm from England and even today you can still feel the remnants of such things in our history and identity. Terrible yet fascinating. Thank you for your commitment to making these videos! They really satisfy our curiosity whilst educating us far more than any institution would. Medieval history is the best and you deliver it perfectly!
I think 50 million abortions worldwide per year is an atrocity that we look on probably much like the medieval people looked upon their violent beliefs.
I used to think "drawn" referred to the 4 horses pulling the quarters of the victim apart just before the quartering i.e being horse drawn. So I always thought the phrase was in the correct order. Hung, then drawn by 4 horses and finally cut/ripped apart either by the strength of the horsepower or the blade. Fascinating stuff 👌🏻
That *was* the case in many instances and hence why it's named like that. It wasn't a standardized procedure everywhere, so they did differ on occasions regarding the details.
Being, pulled apart by horses was a continental practice reserved for regicides. Of course, horses can't do the job so the executioner and a sharp knife would separate the limbs and the trunk, sometimes alive, was burned to a cinder. Hanged, drawing and quartering was set down in English law. The illustrations involving horses are probably depictions of French regicides, Damiens or Ravillac. Foucault's description of Damiens's execution is very gruesome.
Uhm… you missed the castration, disemboweling and burning the entrails while they’re still connected to your insides. You could feel your intestines being burned.
@@Ramillies1000 I have no idea why you think horses couldn't do the job of pulling a body apart. I assume the executioner used a knife to ensure where the body came apart, rather than something else giving away first.
One subtlety that might not be obvious is that the phrase “dragged asunder” in the description of De Marisco’s execution means to be dragged behind a horse until the victim is dismembered by the process. Only then was he beheaded. A much more torturous and unpleasant process than being dragged on a hurdle or sled to be hung.
Yea but if the being hanged isn't intended to kill you and the choice of death on either end is "asunder" or "quartered" I would probably pick the former... just get the death part done before the weird shit kicks in.
@@elsiedoomhammer7646 Yeah The Condemned didn't get much choice in the matter. There are stories of people "leaping from the gallows" and breaking their necks which I think would be my choice too under the circumstances. If you're going to die, better for it to be quick! 🤪
I beg to differ. 'Dragged asunder' refers to having each of your limbs attached to a horse and each horse made to pull separately until (ideally) all four of your limbs are detached from your body. Dramatic though it was, it rarely achieved the desired effect of pulling off all four limbs simulatneously and, as they used horses unused to battlefields, such as dray horses, the smell of blood from the first pulled-off limb often provoked a kind of ungovernable reaction from them. Dragging a person behind a horse is unlikely to dismember anyone unless the horse was made to gallop over rock strewn ground - which was hardly the case on the way to a place of public execution. The whole point of being attached to a hurdle and dragged to the scaffold was for the condemned to suffer the torments of the mob, but, to arrive alive - at which point the real fun would start.
@@cerberus6654 I did say "in De Marisco's execution'. However, what you say is specious and the assertion that horses are going to become 'ungovernable' due to the smell of blood perhaps even more so. Even if that were true that is partially the point; to induce the horses to exert themselves and the effects of that exertion to act on the limbs and torso of the victim. There are many eye witness historical accounts of dismemberment by horses - the most famous being François Ravaillac, Michał Piekarski, Robert-François Damiens, and Túpac Amaru II (presumably no relation to the singer). But the claim that dragging behind a horse being 'unlikely to dismember anyone' is wholly incorrect, isn't it? There are plenty of descriptions of people being dragged to their deaths by horses in all sorts of countries. both as a form of execution and extra-judicially or accidentally (for example the murder of Friar Antonio Curcoa which is well documented but there are plenty of others). Dragging on a hurdle was quite different, of course. The intention was to humiliate the condemned with the potential for a form of pillory, and to ensure that any injuries, such as those from ground contact, were non-fatal so they would be alive for the 'main event'. Weirdly enough, being ripped apart by horses in many of the above executions wasn't actually the worst part of the entire process. Our ancestors were horrible people really, weren't they? 😁
I am not sure about earlier, but by Elizabeth’s reign it was common practice that the barbaric process of drawing the entrails out was carried out on a dead or unconscious body. The one time the Queen ordered the full process be carried was on the first lot of the Babington conspirators. Apparently the crowds’ reaction was one of complete horror, which suggests it was not common for them to see the full sentence. The crowd’s horror was such the second group who were to be executed the next were hanged by the neck until they were quite dead.
Certainly where I live in North East England the sentenced where always hanged until dead. Its interesting to think what had changed in society during the period of time between Edward I and the Tudors?
Not just them. William Parry a year earlier by the accounts I've read was still alive for the next parts, and I also think the year before him with Francis Throckmorton. It depended on the seriousness of the treason and the rank of the person accused. Higher nobles always had their heads cut off instead. The Babington plotters were all gentry, so they could have a very harsh sentence, plus they plotted with a serious contender for the throne.
@@moomyung9231 Yes - there were a few victims who suffered much more than the hanging. However I think it was only with Babington conspirators the Queen herself ordered the full sentence be carried out. Otherwise the executioner had a lot of leeway. So they were often bribed to make it quick.
Yes and no. There were lots of examples where the condemned endured the full extent of the punishment during & after Elizabeth's reign including Catholic priests (esp. Jesuits), the Gunpowder Plotters, the regicides of Charles I, the victims of Titus Oates "Popish Plot" accusations, and in all likelihood, the Monmouth Rebels during James II disastrous reign. After the 1688 Glorious Revolution it was pretty much unheard for someone to endure the post-hanging butchery, although witness at the Kennington Common executions of Jacobite rebels 1746, Col. Francis Townley and his fellow executees were hanged for a mere 3-5 minutes before being cut down. However, their throats were cut before their organs were cut out & burned. David Tyrie in 1783 was hanged until death, despite what some people might say.
I read somewhere that a skilled executioner could hang a man just to the point of unconciousness. Then bring them fully back before commencing the drawing. But they were left connected at the ends for the burning in a brazier standing in front of the accused, therefore causing even more pain. For quartering the first cut was across the body below the ribcage. this half then being halved vertically. Then the torso was halved vertically up to the neck and then the head removed. Nobody would have lived after the first cut because they would bleed out in seconds due to the aorta being severed.
In a macabre way they were perhaps artisans who took a great pride in their craft. Compare this to a more recent executioner , John C.Woods , who lied his way into a job as hangman for the US army after WW2. His incompetence saw heads being torn off , people slowly choking to death for 20mins and so on.
Drawing does indeed refer to the drawing of the intestines from the body. This was accomplished by cutting into the lower abdominal cavity - then a small metal hook (fashioned specifically for this purpose) was inserted into the entrails. This hook was attached to a chain and a small windlass device would be employed to wind in the chain - thus "drawing" the guts from the body. Yes, its quite nasty.
I always understood the drawing bit, as being the drawing of the entrails. I was taught this as a youth and you are the first person to give hauling of someone as an alternative
No. Every YT video on this or TV doc/historical recon in plays mentions the drawing by horses to the place of execution as does Wiki. The disembowelment is missing from the name of the punishment oddly enough, as if it weren't the main part of the show
The main difference in torture and weapons in growing in this time is that the weapons to kill have become more advanced, eg. there's enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world ten times over, so mankind hasn't change his morbidity at all.
@@70AD-user45 and if you die of radiation poisoning or some bio weapon disease, your death will still be gruesome. I think the common man should stop fighting kings wars, and if they seem trigger happy, remove them from office. Only problem is, the military and police obey whoever pays them. It always boils down to who has the physical force.
@@deborahdean8867 or being a catholic when protestantism was in fashion. Being a protestant when catholicism was in fashion. Or talking smack about somebody in power
I remember as a kid going to the library and seeing a book on the occult. In it I saw a series of drawings (bc a lot of people were illiterate at the time) depicting the punishment for a man who killed a child. People thought he was a werewolf. He was broken on the wheel. It gave me nightmares.
You have been my insomnia cure for this past month. And I mean that in the best possibly way. Your content is so fascinating and well done it smooths and quiets my mind. Never enough Medieval Madness ⚔️👑🏰
@@IntensePeppers lol this may have not been the best video to make that comment haha, but some aren’t as gruesome. But hey, insomnia is gnarly. Whatever works 😴
09:52 'His sword was broken over his head'! OMG, even given that back then, swords weren't made of great quality metal, it would still be incredibly difficult to break a sword on someones head!
Coup de Gras, like putting a bag of gun powder under the chin when being burned at the stake..... ie, Anne Askew 1500's after being racked to implicate Katherine Parr.
I love your videos!! I never would've guessed there would be so much information available on ancient practices. Quality channel, you deserve many many more followers my friend 👏
Super glad your videos got randomly recommended to me, they're very well done and since I just finished a medieval history course in college last semester it's fun to see some of the topics we didn't get a chance to cover in class. Subscribed!
I’d hate to be the ones who carried out these horrific crimes against humanity and those who had the power to be so evil. They are suffering a more horrible fate that will never end. People that have the power of life and death think they have gotten away with there crimes but no one gets away with evil.
@@riks081 Can't you feel it? Can you not feel the liars? Do you not understand what is going on here? Do you sence the preditor? Evil is so much more devious then you can even comprehend. Yes any one who claims authority has serious mental problems, the kind of insanity that kills millions. Your ignorance is beyond belief. For you can not feel the preditor any longer because your ego is deficient of true compassion. You are unnatural by choice. Clueless to your own true nature.
I imagine, hundreds of years from now, someone will make a channel or a series called "21st Century Madness" detailing how messed up or dumb our current societal norms are compared to theirs. Who knows? These punishments may even make a comeback in their time.
I sincerely hope that we shall someday be dragged in just the same way, since if we can be dragged for that, that means that things have gotten much better.
In Russia similar things appeared around the 15th century and lasted until the 18th. The highest punishment was quartering, also for high treason, but was often replaced by just hanging. Death penalties in general were quite rare.
Death Penalty may have been 'rare' in distant past Russia. However, more recently, with Stalin's regime, Tens of Millions of Russians were sentenced to death through gulags or starvation due to planned famine.
The worst was perhaps the public execution of Robert François Damiens, whose attempted assassination of french King Louis XV in 1757. He was the last person to be executed in France by dismemberment. The story of his execution is particularly disgusting and unbelievable
Interesting. I always thought "hanged" was one act and "drawn and quartered" was another act (as opposed to "drawn" being a separate act from "quartered"). Like the horses "drew" [pulled] you in 4 directions into you were inevitably "quartered" (as opposed to being quartered by being cut into quarters. You learn something everyday!
“He looked as happy as any man could under the circumstances.” Read from a plaque at a pub called the “Hung, drawn and Quartered” just across the green from the Tower of London.
I read that if the spectators were sympathetic to the condemned, they would try to pull on their legs during the hanging session to help bring a faster death.
The horrors of the middle ages really do shed light on what happens when anything and everything is decided upon by "royalty" and "god". We should always strive, collectively as a species, to never let society get THAT bad again 😬
Been a big fan since I binged all your content when I got COVID a few months ago. Happy to see you finally taking off, this period of history is fascinating!
Hey! Just some random American dude enjoying the show as a new subscriber. I'll be delving the archives as you produce more fascinating content. Visited the Torture Museum in London back in 02 and became obsessed with learning why.. still working on it.. with your help even! Thanks a lot and CHEERS to the future of the channel!
Drawing means to extract something like drawing a sword from a sheath. The dragging part was simply the transportation and was not declared punishment as this was used to cause the most torment as you where most conscious and felt it the most. Hanging was done to cause the stimulation of the person as it would cause them to become alert from the body going into survival mode and the brain rushing epinephrine to the body causing the victim to become highly stimulated but also delirious which let them suffer the agony of mental delirium and unawareness while being highly alert. The drawing was done as a scare tactic to share watchers because as soon as your open to retrieve the bowels or heart your blood pressure drops and you go unconscious. Then the quartering was done to separate your human body which meant you could not enter Heaven as it was believed you had to be whole to enter Heaven and by doing this and separating the parts your Spirit would not be with you when you passed and you are condemned to hell.
I've never heard a Christian say anything about that last bit I think the quartering was done so the body parts could be displayed all around the country it wasn't just the head that was shown off
@@alfieshepherd6522 yes maybe, I am just going by very old tradition that Catholic believe from the days before Maltese pieces that states if you are not whole in body that your soul can not be entered into heaven unless your barred in hallowed ground with all your pieces. This is old believe so I thought maybe it would make sense for them to do this as they represent the servants of God in a way because they kept order among the people. But this is just a speculation I’ve never heard this before recorded I just like to put my own interpretation on things to see if I may be right because I have been about other subjects ive pondered on. But all the rest I’ve read or heard.
@@ricktherrien8235 , Yes very Catholic. When I was young, mum was here and there figuring out which Church to sign me up in, Thank Goodness it was Presbyterian. The devil walks to and fro across The Earth, hell is not yet made, this happens after Christ's second coming, otherwise there would be no suffering upon The Earth. Only The Romans could have Crucified Christ even as they did dogs. Roman Catholicism brought all these mediaeval tortures to England, just imagine how the past would have been without it all but do you know what, all these gruesome acts really did attract many people as though it was entertainment. God being able to see through one's whole being allowed all 'the attraction' to come together, possibly but 'The Earth is the devil's domain and the airwaves are his principalities', this day and age, much is in the airwaves.
Being disemboweled - cutting open the abdomen wouldn’t cause unconsciousness. There have been quite a few belly-slashings in London over the last years and many were fully conscious when taken to hospital. I think the bowels were probably burnt while still attached to the condemned - the intestines have a huge number of pain receptors and yours guts being put onto hot coals would cause immense pain.
It's so hard to watch these videos! It's so dark !😭I feel so bad for all the suffering person had to go through. Imagine the robber being your husband or sun! It's terrible 😔
@@novalovan oh trust me ive seen the product of cartels. Shit can be straight terrifying. Theres a video of a pedophile in africa getting gas dowsed on him then lit on fire. Theres also a clip where the cartel tied a dude to a tree and sicked a dog on them. Dog was trained to go after the genitals. You could see the dog pulling the guys intestines through where his manhood would be. Also theres a video of Taliban decapitating a guy with a very dull rusty knife. Ive always had a niche for the dark side of life. Its traumatizing at times but people these days dont know what sick people are capable of. Id rather be aware than sitting in my own little bubble thinking the world is a pansies and roses
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Back in the Tudors day they would lie, such is the case of Ann Boylan being accused of adultery with her brother. Henry the 8th wanted his wife gone, and the only way to do this was have his people lie and be witness to the crime, both she and her brother were brutally murdered and they were innocent.
I just found your channel yesterday and have been having the best time watching your videos ever since. They are fascinating!!! So glad I found you! Keep up the great work!
Good video. I thought you were going to mention Guy Fawkes and William Wallace. They were also drawn and quartered. Guy Fawkes, it's said that after he was hung, he died instantly sparing him the rest of the torture. About Wallace, only half of it was shown in the movie Braveheart but was less bloody. I can tell why they wouldn't show that in a film, it'd be too disturbing to watch.
It's pretty scary that only 153 years ago we would still do that to someone, that we've only had human rights even down on paper for 75 years, and that a lot of powerful people still don't agree we should really have any.
I love stuff like this... they was brutally bonkers back in times of old, some of the things I've read and documentaries I've watched have been pretty sick to be honest. I'll keep my eye out for more videos 👍🏻
Hey Medieval, thanks for the videos. I've been binging them while going through a real rough time so THANKS they're also super interesting and your voice is calming
But William Wallace was hunged until unconscious. Major General Thomas Harrison was wide awake after being hunged for only a few minutes. He had to endure the gutting.
@@jlyngdoh5608 Wallace was revived after his hanging before being de-masculated, castrated, and then having his entrails burned in a fire before his eyes. He probably died at this point before his heart was removed and his body and limbs were cut into four pieces and his head was removed.
