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Other Forms Of Execution
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uselessfagot
Spectator
i like these depictions of the breaking wheel and especially the imagination of being broken on a wheel; having my limbs spread widely, getting them smashed by an sledgehammer or an iron club...
steve0
Executioner
there is a very good novel the thirty eight nights by janne ijemker that covers the story of elsjen roelofs broken on a wheel in 1767 for the murder of her husband doubtful that she was guilty she was pregnent at the time and the 38 nights in question was the time between giving birth and the execution
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ker lee
Guest
Will there any links to it？
steve0
Executioner
for those of you who know Edinburgh you will have spent meny happy hours in princess gardens little realizing you are walking on a notorious execution ground before the garden this was the nor loch with meny tales to tell the most fascinating being the the 1628 case of george sinclair found guilty of incest with his 2 sisters he and one or both sisters accounts differ as to weather the younger sister where pardoned where packed in a trunk with holes drilled in it and cast into the waters this trunk was found in 1820 during the draining to make the gardens and was said to contain 3 bodies 1624 was another stand out year for the loch with 11 women drowned in one day drowning as a capital punishment was finally outlawed in 1685 estimates very between 800 to 1200 people where executed in the loch made all the worse by the thought it was little better the an open sewer for all the towns waste so enjoy your next picnic in the gardens you never know who your sitting on
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nsur1
Governor
I have just come across a set of 24 paintings depicting the Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II in Peru in 1781, and its brutal suppression by the Spanish colonial forces. Túpac himself was captured along with his wife and one of his sons and all three were tortured and executed, with their supporters massacred. According to Wikipedia, almost half of the leaders of the rebellion were female (32 out of 74), and were treated just as brutally as the men.
The paintings I have found are extraordinarily explicit and gory, in sharp contrast to the bright colourful folk painting style. Here are ten of them -- I have omitted the ones showing only males, and those including Túpac's young son. I can't quite make out the name of the painter on the images (something like "Huillca"), but they were painted recently rather than at the time of the events:
The paintings I have found are extraordinarily explicit and gory, in sharp contrast to the bright colourful folk painting style. Here are ten of them -- I have omitted the ones showing only males, and those including Túpac's young son. I can't quite make out the name of the painter on the images (something like "Huillca"), but they were painted recently rather than at the time of the events:
Tormentor
Governor
Those Spaniards knew how to discourage rebellion! And they appear to have had fun dealing with rebel women. The good old days, eh?
nsur1
Governor
Looking at Wikipedia, I think the two main women shown being tortured and executed are Tomasa Tito Condemayta ("After being asphyxiated slowly with a hand-cranked metal garrote especially constructed for the occasion, she was hanged to ensure she was truly dead. Her impaled head was set up as a deterrent in Acos") and Tupac's wife Micaela Bastidas ("In front of her husband and her son Fernando Micaela fought against her executioners, until they finally subdued her and cut off her tongue. Her thin neck could not reach the winch, so they threw ties around her neck that pulled it from side to side to strangle her. They hit her with a club and ended up killing her with kicks in the stomach and breasts").
Comparing those descriptions with the paintings, Tomasa is the woman with the red skirt and Micaela the one with the white skirt in #3 to #6.
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montycrusto
Guest
Amazingly brutal pictures, thank you for sharing.. reminds me of Diego Rivera, some of whose murals feature conquistadors enslaving and torturing Aztecs..
nsur1
Governor
Thanks, @montycrusto. I have now figured out the artist: it is Antonio Huillca Huallpa, born 1942. There are a few more images in the set than the 24 I had found originally, of which the below is the most relevant:
Here is a Youtube video using these paintings to tell the story of rhe rebellion (for those who can read Spanish, which doesn't include me):
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montycrusto
Guest
Great!! Thanks, I was hoping to find out that information, you saved me the trouble. Awesome find!!
