eBookePub. This captivating historical account unveils the life and times of Meister Frantz Schmidt, who served as an executioner inth-century Germany Based on the rare and until now overlooked journal of a Renaissance-era executioner, the noted historian Joel F. Harrington's The Faithful Executioner takes us deep inside the alien world and For forty-five years, Schmidt was an efficient and prolific public executioner, employed by the state to extract confessions and put convicted criminals to death. Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century. Table of contents. Joel F. Harrington. Book details. Citations. Joel F. Harrington. Jame The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century. In his years of service, he executed people and tortured, flogged, or disfigured hundreds more The Faithful Executioner. John Jordan Joel F. Harrington. The Faithful Executioner. by Joel F. Harrington. Book details. About This Book In The Faithful Executioner by Joel F. Harrington, delve into the intriguing world of a man destined to kill, yet driven by compassion and duty. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, xxvi + pp: The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth CenturyJoel F. Harrington: Books ePUB (mobile friendly) and PDF. Available on iOS & Android. The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century. Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century. Citations. Joel F. Harrington. Table of contents. This captivating historical account The Faithful ExecutionerThe Free Library of PhiladelphiaOverDrive. About This Book In The Faithful Executioner by Joel F. Harrington, delve into the intriguing world of a man destined to kill, yet driven by compassion and duty. Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century.
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