Evil question: given that Fritz did treat deserters (except for the 7 Years War) much the same, would he, if the exact situation had repeated itself - young future FW2 tries to make a run for it, aided and abetted by a few friends, he's caught - reacted the same way, minus the theological arguments about pre destination? I would like to think he wouldn't have gone for the execution meant to be in front of the crown prince, but death for the non royal and temporary imprisonment for the royal might have been in the cards, too.
Then again: the Trenck case is probably the closest parallel rl had to offer, and there, he wasn't without sadism - sitting on one's tombstone and being chained to a wall definitely counts - but didn't go for an execution, and didn't try to use the entire thing to break Amalie but came more across as trying to keep her away from it.
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Re: The Katte War Tribunal Protocol
Date: 2020-01-10 10:12 am (UTC)Then again: the Trenck case is probably the closest parallel rl had to offer, and there, he wasn't without sadism - sitting on one's tombstone and being chained to a wall definitely counts - but didn't go for an execution, and didn't try to use the entire thing to break Amalie but came more across as trying to keep her away from it.