Whoa, that description of the Bloody Assizes is... something else. Especially Alice Lisle :(((( but really all of them. Kind of... cheering for the downfall of Jeffreys here, and I confess it is very satisfying that karma did indeed catch up to him.
(in addition to the gruesomeness which underlines that if you have to be executed, you better pray that your executioner is at least competent at it, and that Henry VIII actually did do Anne Boleyn a favour with that swordsman from France, macabre as it sounds)
Uggggh. I suppose glad for Anne Boleyn it was fast. Here's to hoping that Monmouth passed out from shock at least :(((((((
Convention in such cases demanded that the about to be executed person proclaimed their loyalty to the monarch and asked the attending crowd to pray for the monarch, displaying their loyalty to said monarch. If you check out the pre-execution speeches of Thomas More, Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell, this happens in every case... This doesn't mean these people really were rooting for the King who had them executed as they died, but were aware that they still had living family who might suffer if they did not follow convention.
Oh wow, yeah, that makes Monmouth's reaction really... telling. And heh to the bishops trying to get him to follow the script. Good job Monmouth :((
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Date: 2021-11-07 05:31 am (UTC)(in addition to the gruesomeness which underlines that if you have to be executed, you better pray that your executioner is at least competent at it, and that Henry VIII actually did do Anne Boleyn a favour with that swordsman from France, macabre as it sounds)
Uggggh. I suppose glad for Anne Boleyn it was fast. Here's to hoping that Monmouth passed out from shock at least :(((((((
Convention in such cases demanded that the about to be executed person proclaimed their loyalty to the monarch and asked the attending crowd to pray for the monarch, displaying their loyalty to said monarch. If you check out the pre-execution speeches of Thomas More, Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell, this happens in every case... This doesn't mean these people really were rooting for the King who had them executed as they died, but were aware that they still had living family who might suffer if they did not follow convention.
Oh wow, yeah, that makes Monmouth's reaction really... telling. And heh to the bishops trying to get him to follow the script. Good job Monmouth :((
Did he have living family at the time?