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A MEDIEVAL EXECUTION


go back. Medieval people had various unpleasant ways of killing off those they didn't like. Taking away the heart was supposed to be particularly effective, especially if the person was still alive up to the moment it was cut out.
They were also rather fond of burying different bits of people in different places.
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