We were drawn to the French Revolution because of an interest in King Arthur and the Round Table, particularly the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The myth described how a lone knight dressed in green, challenged King Arthur’s Court to a game of decapitation. During that time, people were usually executed by hanging; however, nobility could choose to have a much quicker execution, by decapitation. After conducting research on decapitation, we learned that the method of execution evolved into a machine, the guillotine. The guillotine fascinated us, and because it was one of the most iconic symbols of the French Revolution, the civil war had our attention.
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