European Executioner Sword

fenlander · 16th December 2006, 03:52 PM

Being a lay man i was never quite sure what you meant by a horizontal be-heading. This is because i had always presumed that the victim would bow their head. I take it that you mean by this, that the victim was standing with the neck vertically when the sentence was carried out ? I had to think about what was meant by a "horizontal be-heading" for quite a while. In the TV series "Henry the VIII" I thought that Anne Bolien had her head down when it was time.
Can't believe you experts got me thinking for so long about what a horizontal executioners stroke was !

p.s.
i've never worked out if there is a spell checker on this forum. Does it exist ?

16th December 2006, 03:52 PM	#25
fenlander Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 62	wow i never realised ! Being a lay man i was never quite sure what you meant by a horizontal be-heading. This is because i had always presumed that the victim would bow their head. I take it that you mean by this, that the victim was standing with the neck vertically when the sentence was carried out ? I had to think about what was meant by a "horizontal be-heading" for quite a while. In the TV series "Henry the VIII" I thought that Anne Bolien had her head down when it was time. Can't believe you experts got me thinking for so long about what a horizontal executioners stroke was ! p.s. i've never worked out if there is a spell checker on this forum. Does it exist ?

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