In medieval Hungary there was a peasant Revolt, and it got crushed.
And to make an example of the man they led it they made a throne for him out of burning hot iron and placed a crown of burning hot iron on his head and made him hold a burning hot sceptre.
When he was sufficiently fried they then made the peasants come in and eat his flesh, and if they refused they got hacked up.
Ah.
The good old days.