>Jeremias Glaser an executioner living in 17th century Germany >What makes him special is his tendency to write down even the most mundane aspects of his day to day live from the amount of money he spend for his basic needs to the executions he has to perfom as well as other day to day activities of his life>Thanks to this diary we have been given the opportunity to get a never before glimpse into the lifes of the ordinary people of the timethoughts?Anyone besides me that read it?
>>24115136Is there an English version?
>>24115139don't think so
>>24115136Weird synchronicity just got a book on him
>German autistRedundant
>>24115136>17th centuryPass.
>>24115180the word you're looking for is coincidence
>>24115199rude
I've never heard of OP's book, but I already read The Faithful Executioner which sounds like a similar thing.
>>24115211That‘s what synchronicity means, retard.
>>24115139Different author.
>>24115494>>24115649I began reading this but I didn't like the writing of the author, he interjected himself too much, and overwrites. Just my impression after a limited exposure, I might pick it up again, the topic is interesting.
Autists make perfect executioners. They're already shunned and repulsed by the rest of the society
>>24115842>In The Faithful Executioner, Harrington teases out the hidden meanings and drama of Schmidt's journal.So is it more of an interpretation than a translation?
>>24115235I’m German I can say it
>>24115649That's the book I got
>>24115649Isn't this considered microhistory?
>>24115136One of the last executioners of london also wrote a book
>>24115648"Synchronicity" is the schizotypal word for "coincidence"
This might be a nice complement.
>>24115843>Autists make perfect executioners. They're already shunned and repulsed by the rest of the societythats whats interesting about him atleast Glasser was rather popular for a executionar all things considered An executionar was an job that was considered dishonarble and he wasnt allowed to finish school even though he was one of the best students and it was hard for him to marry anyone outside of his social class but despite that he was still a vital part of his communityHe was close friends with the school master and during the baptism celebration of his sons a bunch of middle to upper class people showed up and celebrated with him in public They even came to his funeral and mourned him which was big and showed how vital of a role he played in his communitySuprisingly he was also incredbly wealthyMost of his income didnt come from being an executionor there where years where he didnt kill a single person but from being a cadaver dealer and working as a healerAn executionr had to torture prisonors and nurse them back up which meant they had a lot of knowledge about the human body and used that knowldge to work as an unlicensed healer which made him a lot of money and brought him some good connections with the middle/lower upper class of the timeHe also had the duty and the exclusive right to collect all dead animal cadavers before they could spread diseases and process them into hides or other stuff which he could sell of for a profitHe didnt do this himself though he jsut hired random day workers to collect the cadavers and process them and then used the profits they earned for him to buy up more property to repeat the process So he was incredbly wealthy by the end of his career and suprisingly his son would end up studying medicine and earn a doctorateNot every executionor was as popular as him ofcourse but it wasnt as black and white as we like to imagine it today
>>24118374They probably mourned him because it's hard to find someone to work as the executioner. It often ran in the family
>>24115936There's a lot of:>"Franz never mentions this again. Could this event have meant something deeper to him?"You never get to read any large excerpts of the actual diary. He mostly talks about Franz's life and the judicial system of the day.
