Burned At The Stake - History's Most BRUTAL Execution Method?

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🐺They did this to witches and people convicted of Treason...Maybe that is why they are having all our trees chopped down...Hmmm

Throughout History and the centuries, there were a huge number of different execution methods used to punish criminals and condemned prisoners. Many of the methods used during the Medieval and Tudor periods were incredibly brutal and savage, and one of the worst was burning. Many thousands of people found themselves being burned at the stake over the centuries and many of them were considered heretics or religious criminals. Being burned at the stake was a horrific ordeal in which someone would be tied to a wooden post, before they were then set on fire. Sometimes executioners made mistakes which prolonged the suffering, and some even tied gunpowder around the neck of the condemned to make their ordeal quicker.

There were many very famous individuals executed by being burned including Joan of Arc who during the 100 Years War was sentenced to death by the English. Also many people who were brave enough to question the Church were burned, including those who translated the Bible into English. Burning at the stake was a form of execution that was very brutal and horrific, and was one which would haunt the witnesses with the sight they saw.