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Dismemberment, the Glossary

Dismemberment is the act of completely disconnecting and or removing the limbs from a living or dead being.^[1]

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Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon (Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

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Amputation

Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery. Dismemberment and Amputation are Amputations.

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Aurelian

Aurelian (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus; 9 September 214 – November 275) was a Roman emperor who reigned from 270 to 275 during the Crisis of the Third Century.

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The Barbary pirates, Barbary corsairs, Ottoman corsairs, or naval mujahideen (in Muslim sources) were mainly Muslim pirates and privateers who operated from the largely independent Ottoman Barbary states.

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Bessus

Bessus or Bessos (*Bayaçā; Βήσσος), also known by his throne name Artaxerxes V (𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠; Ἀρταξέρξης; died summer 329 BC), was a Persian satrap of the eastern Achaemenid satrapy of Bactria, as well as the self-proclaimed King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 330 to 329 BC.

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Bhai Mani Singh

Bhai Mani Singh (7 April 1644 – 14 June 1738) was an 18th-century Sikh scholar and martyr.

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Breaking wheel

The breaking wheel, also known as the execution wheel, the Wheel of Catherine or the (Saint) Catherine('s) Wheel, was a torture method used for public execution primarily in Europe from antiquity through the Middle Ages up to the 19th century by breaking the bones of a criminal or bludgeoning them to death. Dismemberment and breaking wheel are execution methods.

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Brunhilda of Austrasia

Brunhilda (c. 543 – 613) was queen consort of Austrasia, part of Francia, by marriage to the Merovingian king Sigebert I of Austrasia, and regent for her son, grandson and great-grandson.

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Capital punishment

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.

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Castration

Castration is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a male loses use of the testicles: the male gonad. Dismemberment and Castration are torture.

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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V (Ghent, 24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555.

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Chlothar II

Chlothar II, sometimes called "the Young" (French: le Jeune), (May/June 584 – 18 October 629) was king of the Franks, ruling Neustria (584–629), Burgundy (613–629) and Austrasia (613–623).

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Christians

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Constitutio Criminalis Carolina

The Constitutio Criminalis Carolina (sometimes shortened to Carolina) is recognised as the first body of German criminal law (Strafgesetzbuch).

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Criminology

Criminology (from Latin crimen, "accusation", and Ancient Greek -λογία, -logia, from λόγος logos meaning: "word, reason") is the interdisciplinary study of crime and deviant behaviour.

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Darius III

Darius III (𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁; Δαρεῖος; c. 380 – 330 BC) was the last Achaemenid King of Kings of Persia, reigning from 336 BC to his death in 330 BC.

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Death by sawing

Death by sawing is the act of sawing or cutting a living person in half, either sagittally (usually midsagittally), or transversely. Dismemberment and Death by sawing are execution methods and torture.

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Decapitation

Decapitation is the total separation of the head from the body. Dismemberment and Decapitation are execution methods.

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Dieric Bouts

Dieric Bouts (born – 6 May 1475) was an Early Netherlandish painter.

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Diocletian

Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, Diokletianós; 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305.

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Disembowelment

Disembowelment, disemboweling, evisceration, eviscerating or gutting is the removal of organs from the gastrointestinal tract (bowels or viscera), usually through an incision made across the abdominal area. Dismemberment and Disembowelment are execution methods and torture.

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Dragging death

A dragging death is a death caused by someone being dragged behind or underneath a moving vehicle or animal, whether accidental or as a deliberate act of murder.

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Early modern period

The early modern period is a historical period that is part of the modern period based primarily on the history of Europe and the broader concept of modernity.

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East India Company

The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874.

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Ecbatana

Ecbatana (translit or, literally "the place of gathering" according to Darius the Great's inscription at Bisotun; هگمتانه; 𐭠𐭧𐭬𐭲𐭠𐭭; translit; 𒆳𒀀𒃵𒋫𒉡|translit.

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Execution by elephant

Execution by elephant, or Gunga Rao, was a method of capital punishment in South and Southeast Asia, particularly in India, where Asian elephants were used to crush, dismember, or torture captives during public executions. Dismemberment and execution by elephant are execution methods and torture.

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Five Punishments

The Five Punishments was the collective name for a series of physical penalties meted out by the legal system of pre-modern dynastic China. Dismemberment and Five Punishments are Amputations.

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Flaying

Flaying is a method of slow and painful torture and/or execution in which skin is removed from the body. Dismemberment and Flaying are execution methods and torture.

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François Ravaillac

François Ravaillac (1578 – 27 May 1610) was a French Catholic who assassinated King Henry IV of France in 1610.

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George Sandys

George Sandys ("sands"; 2 March 1578, in: Encyclopædia Britannica online. – March 1644) was an English traveller, colonist, poet, and translator.

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Giacomo Casanova

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice.

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Han dynasty

The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu.

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Hanged, drawn and quartered

To be hanged, drawn and quartered became a statutory penalty for men convicted of high treason in the Kingdom of England from 1352 under King Edward III (1327–1377), although similar rituals are recorded during the reign of King Henry III (1216–1272). Dismemberment and hanged, drawn and quartered are execution methods and torture.

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.

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Human cannibalism

Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings.

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Ibn Battuta

Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abd Allāh Al-Lawātī (24 February 13041368/1369), commonly known as Ibn Battuta, was a Maghrebi traveller, explorer and scholar.

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James Justinian Morier

James Justinian Morier (15 August 1782 – 19 March 1849) was a British diplomat and author noted for his novels about the Qajar dynasty in Iran, most famously for the Hajji Baba series.

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Joseon

Joseon, officially Great Joseon State, was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years.

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Liber Historiae Francorum

("The Book of the History of the Franks") is a chronicle written anonymously during the 8th century.

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Limb

Limb may refer to.

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Lingchi

Lingchi (IPA: lǐŋ.ʈʂʰɨ̌), usually translated "slow slicing" or "death by a thousand cuts", was a form of torture and execution used in China from around the 10th century until the early 20th century. Dismemberment and Lingchi are execution methods.

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Martyr

A martyr (mártys, 'witness' stem, martyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party.

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Martyrdom in Sikhism

Martyrdom is a fundamental institution of Sikhism.

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Michał Piekarski

Michał Piekarski (before 1597 – 27 November 1620), also known as Michael Piekarski, was a Polish petty nobleman and landowner, who attempted to assassinate king Sigismund III in 1620.

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Michael H. Stone

Michael H. Stone (October 27, 1933 – December 6, 2023) was an American psychiatrist and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia.

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Mutilation

Mutilation or maiming (from the Latin: mutilus) is severe damage to the body that has a subsequent utterly ruinous effect on an individual's quality of life. Dismemberment and Mutilation are torture.

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Olfert Dapper

Olfert Dapper (January 1636 – 29 December 1689) was a Dutch physician and writer who wrote books about world history and geography although he never travelled outside the Netherlands.

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Organ (biology)

In a multicellular organism, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function.

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Peruvians

Peruvians (peruanos/peruanas) are the citizens of Peru.

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Peter Niers

Peter Niers (or Niersch) (c. 1540 – 16 September 1581) was a German serial killer and bandit who was executed on 16 September 1581 in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, some 40 km from Nuremberg.

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Procopius (usurper)

Procopius (Ancient Greek: Προκόπιος; 326 – 27 May 366) was a Roman usurper against Valens.

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Qin dynasty

The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China.

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Regicide

Regicide is the purposeful killing of a monarch or sovereign of a polity and is often associated with the usurpation of power.

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Robert-François Damiens

Robert-François Damiens (surname also recorded as Damier; 9 January 1715 – 28 March 1757) was a French domestic servant whose attempted assassination of King Louis XV in 1757 culminated in his public execution.

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Sharia

Sharia (sharīʿah) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and hadith.

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Skin

Skin is the layer of usually soft, flexible outer tissue covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation.

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Subahdar

Subahdar, also known as Nazim or in English as a "Subah", was one of the designations of a governor of a Subah (province) during the Khalji dynasty of Bengal, Mamluk dynasty, Khalji dynasty, Tughlaq dynasty, and the Mughal era who was alternately designated as Sahib-i-Subah or Nazim.

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Tang dynasty

The Tang dynasty (唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705.

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Túpac Amaru II

José Gabriel Condorcanqui (– 18 May 1781)known as Tupaq Amaru II was an Indigenous leader who led a large Andean rebellion against the Spanish in Peru as self-proclaimed Sapa Inca of a new Inca Empire.

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Testicle

A testicle or testis (testes) is the male gonad in all bilaterians, including humans.

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Torture

Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, intimidating third parties, or entertainment.

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Total body disruption

Total body disruption is the acute, fatal destruction of the body.

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Treason

Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance.

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Valens

Valens (Ouálēs; 328 – 9 August 378) was Roman emperor from 364 to 378.

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Waist chop

Waist chop or waist cutting, also known as cutting in two at the waist, was a form of execution used in ancient China. Dismemberment and waist chop are Amputations and execution methods.

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Waldemar Heckel

Waldemar Heckel (born 1949) is a Canadian historian.

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Wilhelm von Grumbach

Wilhelm von Grumbach (1 June 150318 April 1567) was a German adventurer, chiefly known through his connection with the so-called "Grumbach Feud" (Grumbachsche Händel), the last attempt of the Imperial Knights to prevail against the power of the territorial Princes of the Holy Roman Empire.

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William Lithgow (c. 1582 – c. 1645) was a Scottish traveller, writer and alleged spy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismemberment

Also known as Dismember, Dismembered, Écartelèment.

, Organ (biology), Peruvians, Peter Niers, Procopius (usurper), Qin dynasty, Regicide, Robert-François Damiens, Sharia, Skin, Subahdar, Tang dynasty, Túpac Amaru II, Testicle, Torture, Total body disruption, Treason, Valens, Waist chop, Waldemar Heckel, Wilhelm von Grumbach, William Lithgow (traveller and author).

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