Author: CALVERT, C AND GRUNER, A.W (TRANSLATORS) / KELLER, ALBRECHT (EDITOR).
Title: A Hangman's Diary. Being the Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573-1617.
Description: London: Philip Allan & Co. Ltd, 1928. With an Introductory Essay by C.Calvert. Contents: A Brief Account of Criminal Procedure in Germany in the Middle Ages; Introduction to Schmidt's Diary; Schmidt's Diary: Part I. Executions; Part II. Minor Bodily Punishments. Pp.250, frontispiece + 7 further black & white illustrations, foxing to endpapers, title page and occasionally to margins, owner's name to front free endpaper. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Good.

Keywords: Calvert Gruner Keller Hangmans Diary Journal Master Franz Schmidt Public Executioner Nuremberg Crime Punishment Biography History 52698 General Biography


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