Re: King Laurin?

Jerry Brown wrote:

Don wrote:
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   It was known then as 'Godly butchery' or 'three deaths'. Today, we
   recognise the gruesome method of execution, /unique to England/,
   that is seemingly synonymous with the medieval period as being
   hanged, drawn and quartered.
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<https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/hanging-drawing-quartering-what-why-treason-disembowelment/>

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"Pennyworth" the spinoff from "Gotham" was set in alternate 60s UK in
which hanging, drawing and quartering is broadcast live on TV from the
Tower of London. I recall several questions on the message boards at
the time which thought that this was the case in the real UK!
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There are also gibbets on the streets of Westminster (which also
wasn't the case in the real world).
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AFAIC this show managed to beat "Game of Thrones" for gore (I don't
watch any of the multiplicity of zombie shows, which may hold the top
ranking).

Gore's not for me, at least not on a superficial level. It's deeper
sociological implications intrigue me:

    Sociological propaganda expresses itself in many different
    ways - in advertising, in the movies (commercial and non-
    political films), in technology in general, in education,
    in the /Reader's Digest/; and in social work, case work,
    and settlement houses. All of these influences are in basic
    accord with each other and lead spontaneously in the same
    direction; one hesitates to call all this propaganda.

    _Propaganda - The Formation of Men's Attitudes_ (Ellul)

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The groupthink enshrined in law as The Treason Act of 1351 shares some
similarities with this thread's expected, yet unexpected (as TV viewers
see it), Spanish Inquisition:

    So barbaric was the form of execution that it could only
    be carried out on men, as it was deemed indecent to
    expose a woman’s body to such treatment. A woman
    convicted of treason would instead be beheaded or burned
    at the stake.

    (Ibid)

Danke,

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