A 16th Century Public Executioner

Not Just the Tudors

EpisodeJun 3, 202141m

A 16th Century Public Executioner

Not Just the Tudors

EpisodeJun 3, 202141m

The German executioner Meister Frantz Schmidt kept a fascinating journal of all the executions, torture and punishments he administered between 1573 and 1618. In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Joel Harrington to talk about Schmidt - who showed himself to be an executioner with a conscience - and further explore public capital punishment in the 16th century, described by historians as the "spectacle of suffering." Contains graphic descriptions of punishments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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