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The Brutal Punishment of Hanged, Drawn, and Quartered
TLDR Hanged, drawn, and quartered was a gruesome punishment used to deter crimes against the monarchy, involving being hanged, disemboweled, beheaded, and burned. The practice eventually fell out of favor due to public outcry and changing societal norms.
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Hanged, drawn, and quartered was a punishment used by kings and nobility to deter people from committing crimes, specifically treason against the monarchy, and it involved being hanged, disemboweled, beheaded, and burned.
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Hanged, drawn, and quartered involved being dragged on a sled, hanged but not killed, and then having your genitalia cut off.
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Men who were hanged, drawn, and quartered would have their genitalia cut off and burned in front of them, then they would be disemboweled, with the psychological impact of witnessing these acts compounding the pain.
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Men who were hanged, drawn, and quartered would also be disemboweled.
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The last step in the process of being hanged, drawn, and quartered is the quartering, which involves cutting out the heart and removing the head.
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After being quartered, the body parts of those who were hanged, drawn, and quartered were boiled with spices to preserve them and then sent to different areas under the king's control as a warning to others.
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Hanged, drawn, and quartered went out of fashion partly because of increased press coverage and public outcry, as well as the gentrification of areas around execution grounds in London.
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