Not as interesting overall as I hoped it would be. However, I was interested to discover the Germans had 'guillotines' in the 13th century. There was even a British version which fell "out of favor in the seventeenth century."

When Joseph-Ignace Guilloton, a professor of anatomy, reintroduced it into France, early research was carried out by Antoine Louis, a harpsicord maker, of all things. For a short time the guillotine was called the 'Louison' or Louisette.'

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