The Guillotine Technique

Karl Wiesenthal, a German inventor, devised the first sewing machine needle, but did not produce a complete machine. Thomas Saint was at first accused of stealing Karl Wiesenthal’s invention. Since Wiesenthal did not make a sewing machine, just the needle, the design for the sewing machine was owned and patented by Thomas

Many executions happened in Paris after the decision. During this period at least 300,000 suspects were arrested and 7,000 people were

The original sewing machine was patented by Thomas Saint in 1790 in England. It was invented to speed up the making of clothing during the industrial revolution. I choose a sewing machine. It is used for mechanically stitching fabric together. 1790:

Since its discovery back in A.D. 850 it has been one of the greatest and most influential inventions ever developed. They first used it for starting fires and fireworks, but then soon realized that it could be made into a weapon. The first

Guillotine The modern barbaric invented method by the French inventor, Guillotine, can be considered as the evolution of the all medieval cruel punishment methods. It was introduced as a quick and painless method to carry out the capital punishment by beheading. The Guillotine –in its original form- was used in Ireland, England and Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries. Furthermore, this device was used in France during the French Republic Revolution and is well known for and was symbol of the Reign of Terror.

A demon’s wings that is colored white is the most frightening of all. He who strongly believes that his ideal is just, right and for the good of the people; but in the eyes of so many people, what he does is inhumane and evil; thus comparable to a demon. Robespierre is someone that describes the earlier statements. He thinks his belief is right but the wrong aspect about this is he clings too much on that belief that he forgets reality. In reality, his contribution is terrorizing the people and tarnishing the values of the government.

Should people be persecuted for their beliefs? The Reign of Terror lasted less than two years, from the execution of Louis XVI in January 1793 to late July 1794. During those eighteen months, more than 20,000 French people were put to death by guillotine. Guillotines were large falling blades that were used by political extremists called radicals to decapitate conservatives, who were people that wanted to keep the old ways. It is not right for people to be persecuted for their beliefs.

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Most of the upper-class prisoners were also able to have their own visitors, furniture, clothes, books to study as well as their very own servants. Although the prison was originally for those who opposed the king, those who opposed the Catholic religion and free thinkers ended up being locked there as well. The Bastille “held political dissidents, such as the writer and philosopher Voltaire, who were locked away without a trial by order of the king” (The Bastille). Some prisoners there were “political troublemakers and individuals held at the request of their families, often to coerce a young member into obedience or to prevent a disreputable member from marrying the family’s name” (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica 1). With the letter de cachet still around the Bastille prison became a place of hatred, fear and ended up with a terrible reputation, as it also began to imprison commoners.

The Reign of Terror In September 1793 to July 1794, the Reign of Terror killed over 40,000 people in France using the guillotine a machine that made it a simple way to execute a mass amount of people. The Reign of Terror was led by no other than , Robespierre. He was trying to form a new government but instead caused thousands of people to be massacred. Ultimately, The Reign of Terror in France was not justified because the threats did not require it, the methods were too extreme and It did not support the ideals of the revolution.

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This was a big step forward to fixing the rigid social structure of France and opposing the monarchy’s oppression of peasants. Additionally, Louis was convicted of crimes such as conspiring against liberty. He was later executed on January 21, 1793. (Scandiffio) This shows that the monarchy was seen as very detrimental to the ideal of liberty, the conviction and execution of the king marked the end of the monarchy which was formerly a vital feature of the Old Regime.

Before the hangings, some civilians intimidated or warned Paris to postpone the hangings, which didn’t happen so Paris might be dead in

“‘Are you dying for him?’ she whispered. ‘And his wife and child. Hush! Yes.’”

As the fame of the guillotine grew, so too did the reputations of its operators. Executioners won a great deal of notoriety during the French Revolution, when they were closely judged on how quickly and precisely they could orchestrate multiple beheadings. The job was often a family business. Multiple generations of the famed Sanson family served as state executioner from 1792 to 1847, and were responsible for dropping the blade on King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, among thousands of others. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the role of chief headsman fell to Louis and Anatole Deibler, a father and son pair whose combined tenure extended from 1879 to 1939.