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Why were the heads cut off people who committed suicide?

I seen on a film in about 1100 the burial of a woman in France. They cut her head off before burying her because she committed suicide. Why?
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bwell79 | 1 year, 5 months ago
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From what I gather....someone who commited suicide could not be buried in consecrated ground. Their heads would be cut off and buried elsewhere. Their spirit would have to wander and search for their head before they could haunt the living. Practice also gave rise to a Vampire legend.
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bwell79 | 1 year, 5 months ago Report

nicely done as always bunnyphuphu!!!
Let it be noted....much better source!!

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bunnyphuphu | 1 year, 5 months ago Report

Hey you... I found a better source for your answer.
http://bit.ly/g1ZHGE

I really try not to use yahoo answers as a source since they don't back up their own information. That persons answer was good, but they didn't have a source to back it up.

Then I started looking around on the internet and all the sites I kept pulling up were very vague on this issue. They seemed more focused on other aspects of burying a suicide.

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xds | 1 year, 5 months ago
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Priests in the era of the crusades would order this if a women committed suicide so her soul would not ascend to heaven.

This was done by the church to mainly "free thinking women" in 300 -> about 1100 AD.

A spouse would then be accosted by the church and later shunned from society .

Such an act was depicted in the 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven
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