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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. The practice was abolished in Bavaria in 1813…

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Punishment

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Archaeology

Metaphorical uses

Execution of St Catherine

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Breaking wheel

Nodes124
Edges123
Triples62
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016129
Components1

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Breaking wheel

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related to Archaeology · 15
Breaking wheel → Austria, Based, Brandenburg, Bundesstraße, Federal Highway, German-speaking, Germany, Groß Pankow, In, Perleberg, Pritzwalk, Pöls-Oberkurzheim, Since, Styria, The
related to Metaphorical uses · 13
Breaking wheel → Chilean, Danish, English, German, In Dutch, In Finnish, In Swedish, It, Norwegian, Similarly, The, The Dutch, The German
related to Colonial United States · 12
Breaking wheel → Between, French, French Louisiana, Graveline II, In New York, Jean Baptiste Baudreau, June, Louis Cathedral, Louisiana, New Orleans, On, St
related to Kingdom of Hungary · 10
Breaking wheel → According, Adam, At, Cloșca, Crișan, Geisler, Horea, Hungarian Principality, Revolt, Transylvania
related to Later use · 10
Breaking wheel → At, August, Bavaria, Germany, Hesse-Kassel, In Prussia, Its, Prussian, Rudolf Kühnapfel, The
related to Russia · 2
Breaking wheel → Great Northern War, The

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wheel breaking broken execution executioner also punishment used could death french dolle executed time two criminal known france catherine murder

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Breaking wheelrelated to ArchaeologySince0.60section
Breaking wheelrelated to ArchaeologyIn0.60section
Breaking wheelrelated to ArchaeologyGerman-speaking0.60section
Breaking wheelrelated to ArchaeologyGroß Pankow0.60section
Breaking wheelrelated to ArchaeologyGermany0.60section
Breaking wheelrelated to ArchaeologyFederal Highway0.60section
Breaking wheelrelated to ArchaeologyBundesstraße0.60section
Breaking wheelrelated to ArchaeologyPerleberg0.60section
Breaking wheelrelated to ArchaeologyPritzwalk0.60section
Breaking wheelrelated to ArchaeologyBrandenburg0.60section
Breaking wheelrelated to ArchaeologyBased0.60section
Breaking wheelrelated to ArchaeologyThe0.60section

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