Examples of treason in the following topics:
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- Torture was also used during this time period as a means of reform, spectacle, to induce fear into the public, and most popularly as a punishment for treason.
- To be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1351 a statutory penalty in England for men convicted of high treason, although the ritual was first recorded during the reigns of King Henry III (1216–1272) and his successor, Edward I (1272–1307).
- For reasons of public decency, women convicted of high treason were instead burned at the stake.
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- The Indemnity and Oblivion Act, which became law in August 1660, pardoned all past treason against the crown, but specifically excluded those involved in the trial and execution of Charles I. 31 of the 59 commissioners (judges) who had signed the death warrant in 1649 were living.
- Oliver Cromwell, Henry Ireton, Judge Thomas Pride, and Judge John Bradshaw were posthumously attained for high treason.
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- Their refusal to participate in Imperial Cult of Rome was considered an act of treason and was thus punishable by execution.
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- He also
slew his brother Yaropolk in Kiev in the name of treason and, in
turn, became the ruler of all of Kievan Rus'.
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- In early January 1642, accompanied by 400 soldiers, Charles attempted to arrest five members of the House of Commons on a charge of treason but failed to do so.
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- Because they were army officers who had tried to flee Prussia for Great Britain, Frederick William leveled an accusation of treason against the pair.
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- For some priests it meant life on the run, in some cases death for treason.
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- The Long Parliament, which assembled in the aftermath of the personal rule, started in 1640 and quickly began proceedings to impeach the king's leading counselors of high treason.