Breaking wheel
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breaking-wheel-218-4648300
title:
Breaking wheel
text:
The breaking wheel, also known as the execution wheel, the Wheel of Catherine or the (Saint) Catherine('s) Wheel, was a torture method used for public execution primarily in Europe from antiquity through the Middle Ages up to the 19th century by breaking the bones of a criminal or bludgeoning them to death. The practice was abolished in Bavaria in 1813 and in the Electorate of Hesse in 1836: the last known execution by the "Wheel" took place in Prussia in 1841. In the Holy Roman Empire it was a
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Torture device used for capital punishment
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_wheel
date created:
2002-11-05T06:34:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T08:38:35Z
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