Hanged in chains

Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in Britain: Power and the People (c1170–Present).

Definition

A fearful form of execution where the dead body was displayed in a metal cage until it rotted, used on Robert Aske at York Castle.

Exam Context

Hanged in chains appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Thematic Studies, especially Britain: Power and the People (c1170–Present) and Uprisings against the Crown.

Thematic Studies Britain: Power and the People (c1170–Present)Uprisings against the Crown

Found in Revision Notes

Thematic Studies

Uprisings against the Crown

Britain: Power and the People (c1170–Present) • Uprisings against the Crown

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