Execution - A Way of Life in Medieval Times

This illumination, from the Chronicles of Jean Froissart, illustrates the torture and death (by beheading) of Guillaume Sans, lord of Pommiers.  The execution took place in Bordeaux, on the orders of Thomas Felton, the city's English seneschal.

Illustration from The Chronicles of Froissart.  The illumination is maintained at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.

Credits

Image online, courtesy Bibliotheque Nationale de France.  It is identified as follows:

Execution of Guillaume Sans
(BNF, FR 2644)
Jean Froissart, Chronicles
fol. 1
From Bruges, 15th Century