the cousin had kept it for her, was put in trial and one of the conditions for not getting burned and getting prison with an option of buying himself out was that he handed over the promise of marriage
Huh. But that would mean that not only did FW make a rich/noble vs. poor difference (which I noted as well and found unsurprising), he also let Saxon politics influence his judgement beyond "exchange Countess for deserters"? Hm.
she saw more battlefield action than he ever did
My thoughts as well. :P
being burned alive (or after a beheading, if FW was feeling merciful) was the standard method of execution for sodomites in a Protestant principality of the 18th century
I guess it's a result of the Carolina, i.e. imperial law with the specified execution method of burning, being the foundation for the Prussian law code at the time.
And 1000 deaths in four years!! That's a lot. (I read a book about the case of Kepler's mother a couple of years ago, which was around the same time, but I didn't remember numbers that high.)
Whyever weren't there any sheep involved?
This actually made me wonder if there were simply more cows and horses around, but then I remembered (at least) Fritz' obsession with having everything manufactured within Prussia, including all the wool coats for his soldiers, so I guess that's not it... Although I honestly don't know what the animal statistics were.
Re: Sodomy and Death Penalty. (Again.)
Huh. But that would mean that not only did FW make a rich/noble vs. poor difference (which I noted as well and found unsurprising), he also let Saxon politics influence his judgement beyond "exchange Countess for deserters"? Hm.
she saw more battlefield action than he ever did
My thoughts as well. :P
being burned alive (or after a beheading, if FW was feeling merciful) was the standard method of execution for sodomites in a Protestant principality of the 18th century
I guess it's a result of the Carolina, i.e. imperial law with the specified execution method of burning, being the foundation for the Prussian law code at the time.
And 1000 deaths in four years!! That's a lot. (I read a book about the case of Kepler's mother a couple of years ago, which was around the same time, but I didn't remember numbers that high.)
Whyever weren't there any sheep involved?
This actually made me wonder if there were simply more cows and horses around, but then I remembered (at least) Fritz' obsession with having everything manufactured within Prussia, including all the wool coats for his soldiers, so I guess that's not it... Although I honestly don't know what the animal statistics were.