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The Executioner's Journal
Author: Frantz Schmidt
language: en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date: 2016-09-02
During a career lasting nearly half a century, Meister Frantz Schmidt (1554-1634) personally put to death 392 individuals and tortured, flogged, or disfigured hundreds more. The remarkable number of victims, as well as the officially sanctioned context in which they suffered at Schmidt’s hands, was the story of Joel Harrington’s much-discussed book The Faithful Executioner. The foundation of that celebrated work was Schmidt's own journal--notable not only for the shocking story it told but, in an age when people rarely kept diaries, for its mere existence. Available now in Harrington’s new translation, this fascinating document provides the modern reader with a rare firsthand perspective on the thoughts and experiences of an executioner who routinely carried out acts of state brutality yet remained a revered member of the local community, widely respected for his piety, steadfastness, and popular healing. Based on a long-lost manuscript thought to be the most faithful to the original journal, this modern English translation is fully annotated and includes an introduction providing historical context as well as a biographical portrait of Schmidt himself. The executioner appears to us not as the frightening brute we might expect but as a surprisingly thoughtful, complex person with a unique voice, and in these pages his world emerges as vivid and unforgettable. Studies in Early Modern German History
The Executioner's Toll, 2010
The Executioner's Toll, 2010 is a meticulous examination of every execution (and the details surrounding the execution) carried out in a single year--and a thought-provoking exploration into the minds of 46 killers as each plays the role of predator, quarry and condemned. The unsettling narratives begin with a murder on May 26, 1993, and end with an execution on December 16, 2010. The book chronicles 63 murders, 44 trials, countless appeals, two suicide attempts, 41 last meals, 33 final statements and 46 executions. The Executioner's Toll, 2010 could have covered any year in the modern era of the death penalty, but had to cover one complete year, in order to provide a true picture of the death penalty, executions and the anguish of victims. This book presents the compelling stories, accounts often neglected in the mainstream media. Every person facing the executioner has a story, every killing is as unique as it is devastating.
The executioner's path
The Executioner’s Journey is an engaging historical novel that will take you to the harsh and unpredictable times of medieval Bohemia. The story follows the fate of young Peter, the son of a scribe from Old Ford, who is thrown into the dark world of the executioner’s craft. Searching for his place in the world, Peter gradually becomes a master executioner, only to uncover the long-lost secret of his true origins. On his way, Peter encounters love, betrayal and danger, which will lead him to the royal court. His fate becomes entangled when he is called to take over his ancestral heritage, the old fortress of Wildstein. This begins a new chapter of his life, in which he has to face not only the shadows of the past, but also new responsibilities as a knight and lord of the family fortress. „The Executioner’s Way“ is a story of courage, honor and love that overcomes all obstacles. It is also the story of how one man can defy his fate and create a new life for himself, despite the dark shadows that surround him.