The Queen is Dead!: Katherine of Aragon dies in 1518
- Thread starter FalconHonour
- Start date
Yes, but Henry's not thinking that straight. That's for Lionel and his descendants to figure out, when the horror of the current case has died down over a generation or so...
It was the legal means of execution in England for poisoners a bit later ( still Henry VIII but 1530's if I remember ), so its not beyond the pale.
Exactly, and I wanted something that would shock, especially after what I had Bessie do.
Couldnt he draft a law where the murder of a member of the royal family needs to be tried and punished regardless of the perpetrators state of mind?such a revision seems resonable since regardless of the motive they have committed treason against the crown and need to be punished
Last edited:
Yes, he could, but that would be too subtle even for this Henry - and for me, when I first started this story (I was still in high school when I started this story - it's been great fun coming back to the universe after not having touched it since about 2015...also a nice break from the much more complex Tudors AU I've been working on on and off since I finished the base story for this one...)
Is the New Law written specifically for Bessie or for anyone who commits crimes when mad like she did?
Boiling? That is a really unpleasant way for someone to die.
Hopefully Henry won't fall into the trap of thinking everyone around him is a potential Bessie Blount and start purging the Court...
Boiling? That is a really unpleasant way for someone to die.
Hopefully Henry won't fall into the trap of thinking everyone around him is a potential Bessie Blount and start purging the Court...
As I don't know what that is, and have no desire to investigate and give myself nightmares, he's not going with that...
Well, that's the problem. Henry is focusing on Bessie, but he's written a much more general law than that...
For better or worse, laws have a way of outliving their framers...
Although this torture method is mentioned in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, I don’t think it is best placed in this period of time.
Where as boiled her alive in a big bowl of hot water is quiet fitting, although it was used for people who have attempted to murdering someone. Burning at the stake is usually reserved for heretics.
I've heard that women could be convicted of 'treason' against their husband for things like adultery. The idea was this treason to a husband was equivalent to a subject's betrayal of their Lord, thus warrenting the same punishment.
Yer when Anne Boleyn was found guilty of adultery, because it was against the king, her husband it was elevated to treason.
This wasn't in reference to Anne Boylen specifically but about women in general.
It was regarded as petty treason, not High treason, but I think you're right. Of course, what Bessie's done is high treason anyway, so it makes no odds here. She's boiling alive for her crimes and Henry will hang the consequences.
For those who can't wait for Henry and Marie to reconcile, they're getting there, I promise. It's still something of a rough ride, but they're getting there...
*Wonders if there will be a Tailboys brand of tea in the future ITTL*