The guillotine is best known for its use in France, particularly during the French Revolution, where the revolution's supporters celebrated it as the people's avenger and the revolution's opponents vilified it as the pre-eminent symbol of the violence of the Reign of Terror. [2]

2024年12月21日 · guillotine, instrument for inflicting capital punishment by decapitation, introduced into France in 1792. The device consists of two upright posts surmounted by a crossbeam and grooved so as to guide an oblique-edged knife, the back of which is heavily weighted to make it fall forcefully upon (and slice through) the neck of a prone victim.

2024年5月26日 · The guillotine is an iconic and fearsome symbol of the French Revolution, immortalized in countless works of art, literature, and film. But the origins of this gruesome killing machine predate the revolution and its use extended well into the 20th century.

2019年3月24日 · Learn about the events that brought the guillotine to prominence, and also the machine's place in a broader history of decapitation which, as far as France is concerned, finished only recently.

2019年1月23日 · The guillotine is an instrument for inflicting capital punishment by decapitation that came into common use in France after 1792 (during the French Revolution). In 1789, a French physician first suggested that all criminals should …

2012年4月25日 · As the spirit of liberté, égalité and fraternité swirled through Paris in the early days of the French Revolution, Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin rose before the National Assembly in 1789 to lobby...

2014年9月15日 · Learn eight surprising facts about the execution device once dubbed the “National Razor” of France. Updated: August 7, 2023 | Original: September 15, 2014. 1. Its origins date back to the Middle...

The infamous contraption developed as an execution instrument during the French Revolution. The guillotine, championed by Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin as an effective and humane method of carrying out a death sentence, reflected the new French ideals of equality for all persons. Dr.

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (French: [ʒozɛf iɲas ɡijɔtɛ̃]; 28 May 1738 – 26 March 1814) was a French physician, politician, and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out executions in France, as a less painful method of execution than existing methods.

Nicolas Jacques Pelletier (c. 1756 [1] – 25 April 1792) was a French highwayman who was the first person to be executed by ... eager to see the novel invention at work. The guillotine, which was also red in color, had been previously fully prepared, and Sanson moved quickly. Within seconds, the guillotine and Pelletier were positioned ...