
==Hanged, Drawn, and Quartered== This particular form of capital punishment was used in England, from the 13th century to 1817, though it was legally on the books from 1351 to 1870.It was used for men convicted of high treason.(Women were burnt at the stake, and nobles often, but not always, had their sentences commuted to beheading.)The punishment consisted of being drawn by a horse to the pla...