Ineedtwocats t1_j37bn84 wrote
Reply to comment by DoctorBocker in TIL of execution by Breaking Wheel that would start with tying the body to a wheel, breaking the bones of the limbs, braiding the broken limbs through the spokes and leaving the body to be eaten by scavenging animals and birds. by muadib1974
I suggest reading The Faithful Executioner
it goes into explicit detail about these things and you're not far off, sometimes the bones would be smashed with the wheel.
Forgotten_Gravitas t1_j37ix7b wrote
Excellent book, and also throw in the diary of Franz Schmidt and the memoirs of Henry Sanson
DrProfDoommuffinsPhD t1_j38tq0w wrote
Isn't The Faithful Executioner the title of Franz Schmidt's journal or am I mistaken?
Forgotten_Gravitas t1_j38xfsc wrote
The one I'm referring to is "A Hangman's Diary: The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573-1617"
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