Editing Flaying (section)

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Searing or cutting the flesh from the body was sometimes used as part of the public execution of [[Treason|traitors]] in medieval Europe. A similar mode of execution was used as late as the early 18th century in France; one such episode is graphically recounted in the opening chapter of [[Michel Foucault]]'s ''[[Discipline and Punish]]'' (1979).

In 1303, the treasury of [[Westminster Abbey]] was robbed while holding a large sum of money belonging to [[Edward I of England|King Edward I]]. After the arrest and interrogation of 48 monks, three of them, including the [[Prior (ecclesiastical)|subprior]] and [[Sacristan|sacrist]], were found guilty of the robbery and flayed. Their skin was attached to three doors as a warning against robbers of church and state.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=William |title=The Church Treasury of History, Custom, Folk-Lore, etc. |date=1898 |publisher=Williams Andrews & Co. |location=London|pages=158–167 |url=http://www.elfinspell.com/England/Andrews/TheChurchTreasury/HumanSkinOnChurchDoors.html |access-date=4 May 2015}}</ref> At [[St Michael and All Angels Church, Copford|St Michael & All Angels Church]] in [[Copford]] in Essex, England, it is claimed that human skin was found attached to an old door, though evidence seems elusive.<ref name="Wall">Wall, J. Charles (1912), ''Porches and Fonts.'' Wells Gardner and Darton, London. pp. 41-42.</ref>

In Chinese history, [[Sun Hao]], [[Fu Sheng (Former Qin)|Fu Sheng]] and [[Gao Heng]] were known for removing skin from people's faces.<ref>. [http://www.chinamonitor.org/article/kuxing/zgkx.htm 中国死刑观察--中国的酷刑]</ref> The [[Hongwu Emperor]] flayed many servants, officials and rebels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eywedu.com/lishiyanjiu/lsyj2001/lsyj20010414.html |title=也谈"剥皮实草"的真实性 |publisher=Eywedu.com |access-date=2013-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521185121/http://www.eywedu.com/lishiyanjiu/lsyj2001/lsyj20010414.html |archive-date=2015-05-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://fjtct.now.cn:7751/zjjxs.com/msfq/msfq/msfq-6.htm 覃垕曬皮] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211212501/http://fjtct.now.cn:7751/zjjxs.com/msfq/msfq/msfq-6.htm |date=2007-12-11 }}</ref> [[Hai Rui]] suggested that his emperor flay corrupt officials. The [[Zhengde Emperor]] flayed six rebels,<ref>[[History of Ming]], vol.94</ref> and [[Zhang Xianzhong]] also flayed many people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://book.sina.com.cn/nzt/history/his/lishizhenxiang/71.shtml |title=写入青史总断肠(2) |publisher=Book.sina.com.cn |access-date=2013-07-11}}</ref> [[Lu Xun]] said the [[Ming dynasty]] was begun and ended by flaying.<ref>鲁迅. ''且介亭雜文·病後雜談''</ref>