A 16th Century Public Executioner
Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Joel Harrington to discover Meister Frantz Schmidt, a conscientious and highly literate German executioner in the 16th century.
Not Just the Tudors · History Hit
June 3, 202141m 55s
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Show Notes
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 <em>Not Just the Tudors</em>, 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.
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