I've heard that the development of the guillotine led to some anger from the nobility, who felt that beheading should be reserved for aristocracy, while the plebian class should received capital punishment by hanging. How accurate is this? What evidence is there and how did these attitudes manifest?
by /u/Jalsavrah in /r/AskHistorians
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