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The Maiden (also known as the Scottish Maiden) is an early form of guillotine, or gibbet, that was used between the 16th and 18th centuries as a means of execution in Edinburgh, Scotland. The device was introduced in 1564 during the reign of Mary Queen of Scots , and was last used in 1716.
The guillotine used in Luxembourg between 1789 and 1821. A guillotine (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ə t iː n / GHIL-ə-teen / ˌ ɡ ɪ l ə ˈ t iː n / GHIL-ə-TEEN / ˈ ɡ i j ə t i n / GHEE-yə-teen) [1] is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame with a weighted and angled ...
Terraria sold 200,000 copies in just over a week after its release, [88] and over 432,000 within a month. [89] By May 2022, over 44.5 million copies of Terraria had been sold, making it one of the best-selling video games of all time. The total is split between 23 million on PC, 12.4 million on mobile, and 9.1 million on console. [90]
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (c. 1516 – 2 June 1581) was a Scottish nobleman.He played a leading role in the murders of Queen Mary's confidant, David Rizzio, and king consort Henry Darnley.
She is also known as Maiden of the Southern Forest. She was author of the earliest-known exposition on swordplay. [1] In Chinese mythology, she is a reincarnation of Jiutian Xuannü. [2] Jiutian Xuannü as depicted in a 1829 Japanese picture book of the Water Margin she is a goddess of swords
Halifax was once part of the Manor of Wakefield, where ancient custom and law gave the Lord of the Manor the authority to execute summarily by decapitation any thief caught with stolen goods to the value of 13 1 ⁄ 2 d or more (equivalent to £10 in 2023), or who confessed to having stolen goods of at least that value. Decapitation was a ...
Executioner's sword (16th century) A decapitation scene as shown in Cosmographia universalis of Sebastian Münster (1552). An executioner's sword is a sword designed specifically for decapitation of condemned criminals (as opposed to combat). These swords were intended for two-handed use, but were lacking a point, so that their overall blade ...
The present chronology is a compilation that includes diverse and relatively uneven documents about different families of bladed weapons: swords, dress-swords, sabers, rapiers, foils, machetes, daggers, knives, arrowheads, etc..., with the sword references being the most numerous but not the unique included among the other listed references of the rest of bladed weapons.