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Celtic history buffs: When did the Celts stop beheading people?

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imported_Rampage

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Does anyone know? My google searches have failed me, and I've been wondering about this. I'd ask my professor but I'd feel weird.. he'd be like.. umm ok? LOL

Just curious. I know that in the celtic tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight they were still beheading people (whenever that story originated).
Also in the originally celtic tale of Robin Hood, they beheaded people as well. I think that story dates back to the Roman days though originally, not sure.. so that wouldnt be a shock back then that Celts were still doing it.

The movie braveheart depicts William Wallace beheading englishmen.. though they dont make it clear if the celts were still beheading people en masse still during this period or not.

As a side note, found this in my searches..
Decapitation was also the highest form of punishment. One of the most brutal forms of decapitation was that of a (Feudal Japanese military aristocracy) samurai, (Click link for more info and facts about Ishida Mitsunari) Ishida Mitsunari, who had betrayed (Click link for more info and facts about Tokugawa Ieyasu) Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was buried in the ground and his head was sawed off with a blunt wooden saw. This punishment was abolished in the early (Click link for more info and facts about Meiji) Meiji era.
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:Q


Would you hit it?
 
Originally posted by: southpawuni
bump

i love how everyone knows when to "tap dat ass" or whatever in OT, but i have a serious question and it results with crickets...
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See with that kind of smartass remark, no one is going to answer your question now. Dumbass :roll:
 
Originally posted by: KLin
Originally posted by: southpawuni
bump

i love how everyone knows when to "tap dat ass" or whatever in OT, but i have a serious question and it results with crickets...
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See with that kind of smartass remark, no one is going to answer your question now. Dumbass :roll:
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You know the mods arent tolerating direct insults very well these days.. if I turned you in, you'd prob get some time off for that direct attack.

But regardles your insult means nothing to me.

Point still stands, I wasnt getting an answer anyway!!!
Besides what I said is the truth anyway.. theres no college professors in here or serious scholars.. at least I've never encountered one.
I'm not, but it'd be cool if there were some in here.

I suppose I'll have to find ask one of mine, or find a site dedicated to each area I have a question in for the future. :disgust:
 
Originally posted by: laurenlex
I think it was when Larry Bird retired.
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That made me LOL and do a spit-take. Very well played sir.

As for OP I agreed with you. You should have worded it differently so A) they would think it was YAGT B) a stupid parody thread C) Would you hit it thread.

If you worked that into it Im sure 2-3 dozen "know alls" would have spread their sage-like advice.

As for the Celts? I have no idea. I'm Polish and was a Physics major.
 
Originally posted by: godmare
You're a fvcking prick, do your own research :roll:
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Yeah and direct insults like that get people vacations.

I do PLENTY of research on lots of things. I could answer a lot of questions like this..

probably because I do the research, god forbid I expect someone to know a piece of history.
Here I'll even join you with the rolling eyes. :roll:
 
Originally posted by: southpawuni
Originally posted by: godmare
You're a fvcking prick, do your own research :roll:
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Yeah and direct insults like that get people vacations.

I do PLENTY of research on lots of things. I could answer a lot of questions like this..

probably because I do the research, god forbid I expect someone to know a piece of history.
Here I'll even join you with the rolling eyes. :roll:
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So send me on vacation. I'll pack my bags.

edit: It's interesting that you bump your post after 38 minutes, which is reasonable in OT, but you do so with a snyde remark that undoubtedly turned everyone off of this thread. Even if someone knew off hand, they'd be unlikely to tell you because of how quickly you escalated this thread into a utensil to diplay your superiority over ATOT regulars. Concurrently, you've dissuaded countless other users, like myself, from either looking up this information or sharing this information with you. Maybe if you'd done thing differently, you'd be having forum discourse much closer to what you initially intended, hmm?
 
lol i dont even care man. i guess you can post this thread in forum issues and report yourself if you want?

i dont care, nor am i bothered by some random doofus on the internet typing out insults to me.. which to you im nothing more than an avatar and a screen name that produces posts..
kinda sad if you ask me!
 
836 AD
King Coron of Ipswitch accepted Christianity and decreed an end to beheadings among the Celts b/c Christians never behead people. Since Celts always followed their leaders, the order was obeyed across the Celtic world.
 
Originally posted by: ironwing
836 AD
King Coron of Ipswitch accepted Christianity and decreed an end to beheadings among the Celts b/c Christians never behead people. Since Celts always followed their leaders, the order was obeyed across the Celtic world.
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Decapitation was legal in France until execution was abolished in 1981. Brittany, a region/province of France, and subject to French rule after 1790, is generally considered a Celtic region.

 
Originally posted by: godmare
Originally posted by: ironwing
836 AD
King Coron of Ipswitch accepted Christianity and decreed an end to beheadings among the Celts b/c Christians never behead people. Since Celts always followed their leaders, the order was obeyed across the Celtic world.
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Decapitation was legal in France until execution was abolished in 1981. Brittany, a region/province of France, and subject to French rule after 1790, is generally considered a Celtic region.
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I was speaking ex-cathedral; there is no room for contridiction; the matter is settled. Please reconsider your ways.
 
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