Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 20

[cahn]

Yuletide signups so far:
3 requests for Frederician RPF, 2 offers
2 requests for Circle of Voltaire RPF, 3 offers !! :D :D

(I am so curious as to who the third person is!)

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Re: Acrylic Adventures

[mildred_of_midgard]

It would be interesting to know where the hanging-painting ended up. I mean, does one just chuck it in the trash after taking it from the gallows? Does it have to be buried? :'D

I was wondering the same thing! Well, burying didn't occur to me, but burning did.

I have a book about executions somewhere (it's technically specific to Saxony, but overall information could be similar), maybe I should check what it says about hanging in effigy.

Ooh, please do!

Re: Acrylic Adventures

[prinzsorgenfrei]

I rise from the dead after my last exam of the summer semester! Wiiith the winter semester starting next week, oh hell :'D

I checked the book I have, but it did not say anything about effigy-punishments. I did some google searching after that and found this paper that someone wrote on the topic, but since it apparently covers every kind of effigy-punishment from antiquity to the 19th century, I'm not sure the specific question would be answered.

I also tried the Handwörterbuch zur deutschen Rechtsgeschichte which lists a variety of effigy-related punishments, one of which being what I assume was done in Peter's case. It does not list what was done with the portraits, but it could be kind of interesting anyway. Awkward translation of law-German coming in:

"7. Name notice, deserter's sheet, painted bust on high war gallows was known in military criminal law from the 17th to the 19th century, not as a replacement for forfeited corporal punishments of the deserter but as a deterring honor punishment comparable to edictal citation"

The Original:
"7. Namensanschlag, Deserteursblech, gemaltes Brustbild am hohen Kriegsgalgen kannte das Militärstrafrecht vom 17. bis ins 19. Jh., jedoch nicht als Ersatz für verwirkte Leibesstrafen des Fahnenflüchtigen, sondern als abschreckende Ehrenstrafe vergleichbar der → Ediktalzitation"

My search continues. I really want to know this now :'D

Re: Acrylic Adventures

[mildred_of_midgard]

I hope we turn it up! Good finds so far. Perhaps Detective gambitten can help?