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Joel F. Harrington The Faithful Executioner (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Faithful ExecutionerCondition: NewISBN-10: 1250043611EAN: 9781250043610ISBN: 9781250043610Publisher: Picador USAFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/31/2013Description: In a dusty German bookshop, the noted historian Joel F. Harrington stumbled upon a remarkable document: the journal of a sixteenth-century executioner. The journal gave an account of the 394 people Meister Frantz Schmidt executed, and the hundreds more he tortured, flogged, or disfigured for more than forty-five years in the city of Nuremberg. But the portrait of Schmidt that gradually emerged was not that of a monster. Could a man who practiced such cruelty also be insightful, compassionate - even progressive?In The Faithful Executioner, Harrington teases out the hidden meanings and drama of Schmidt's journal. Deemed an official outcast, Meister Frantz sought to prove himself worthy of honor and free his children from the stigma of his profession. Harrington uncovers details of Schmidt's life and work: the shocking, but often familiar, crimes of the day; the medical practice that he felt was his true calling; and his lifelong struggle to reconcile his craft with his religious faith.In this groundbreaking and intimate portrait, Harrington shows us that our thinking about justice and punishment, and our sense of our own humanity, are not so remote from the world of The Faithful Executioner.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 208mmItem Length: 139mmItem Width: 21mmItem Weight: 300gAuthor: Joel F. HarringtonGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Biography, Law & Politics, HistoryRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Publication Name: The Faithful Executioner

Title: The Faithful Executioner

ISBN-10: 1250043611

EAN: 9781250043610

ISBN: 9781250043610

Release Date: 12/31/2013

Release Year: 2013

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Book Title: Faithful Executioner : Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

Number of Pages: 320 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Picador

Publication Year: 2013

Item Height: 0.8 in

Topic: Cultural Heritage, Europe / Germany, Modern / 16th Century, General, Penology, Criminal Procedure, Historical

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Law, True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Weight: 9.5 Oz

Author: Joel F. Harrington

Item Length: 8.2 in

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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