![]() ![]() ![]() In execution by boiling, the criminal was stripped naked and then thrown into a cauldron full of boiling liquid, or cold liquid which was then heated to the point of boiling. READ ALSO: 11 tortures from the Middle Ages that were reserved for women 7.Boiling Sometimes, to shorten the victim’s suffering, his legs were shattered using an iron club, so that subsequent asphyxiation soon ended his life. ![]() Subsequently, his outstretched arms were bound to the crossbeam, or sometimes nailed through the wrists, and the crossbeam was raised and fixed to the already standing upright post.ĭeath was usually caused by overall exhaustion or by heart failure. Usually, the prisoner had to drag the crossbeam of his cross, weighing around 100 pounds, to the place of execution. There were various methods of performing the crucifixion. Crucifixion of Jesus(Pietro Perugino,1487) ![]()
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