So I can't say whether the poor guy Evans mentions as being burned for "sodomy" in FW's time had had gay sex, or whether he had a go at the sheep.
Okay, I laughed. Of all the sentences I never thought (until a year and a half ago) would be in my DW...
Guess which one was the last? Hannover.
LOL FOREVER
The degree of pain was to be calculated precisely, in rational terms.
This whole paragraph I found repugnant (from a modern standpoint) and fascinating, analytically speaking. I guess that on the whole I'm glad that Fritz was better than the past and that we are better than his age :P
The next big change in Prussia re: capital punishment comes in 1795 and is therefore out of the scope of our era.
...you know you can't just SAY things like this and not follow up!
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Re: Torture and capital punishment in 18th Century Prussia
Date: 2021-03-20 05:23 pm (UTC)Okay, I laughed. Of all the sentences I never thought (until a year and a half ago) would be in my DW...
Guess which one was the last? Hannover.
LOL FOREVER
The degree of pain was to be calculated precisely, in rational terms.
This whole paragraph I found repugnant (from a modern standpoint) and fascinating, analytically speaking. I guess that on the whole I'm glad that Fritz was better than the past and that we are better than his age :P
The next big change in Prussia re: capital punishment comes in 1795 and is therefore out of the scope of our era.
...you know you can't just SAY things like this and not follow up!