Carol in Cal. Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I seem to remember from somewhere a horrible custom or practice, if someone kills someone else, the corpse is strapped to the murderer and he can't get free of it--and eventually he goes crazy or something. Maybe on some explorer's ship? I can't seem to find a reference to this, but I know I saw it somewhere. Does anyone recognize this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 X-Files??? Buffy the Vampire Slayer?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 It was something historical. Late ancient through early explorer periods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 http://home.iprimus.com.au/buckomp/BriefHistAustralianMilLaw.htm The harshness of military discipline in the Middle Ages is illustrated by reference to the Ordnances of King Richard I of England. For example, "whoever shall commit murder aboard ship shall be tied to the corpse and thrown into the sea: if ... on land ... tied to the corpse and buried alive or ... if a robber be convicted, boiling pitch shall be poured over his head and a shower of feathers be shaken over to mark him, and he shall be cast ashore". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 As I was Googling to find the answer for you, I was thinking that if anyone ever just looked at my searches....they would certainly think me a loon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiopianFood Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 http://home.iprimus.com.au/buckomp/BriefHistAustralianMilLaw.htm The harshness of military discipline in the Middle Ages is illustrated by reference to the Ordnances of King Richard I of England. For example, "whoever shall commit murder aboard ship shall be tied to the corpse and thrown into the sea: if ... on land ... tied to the corpse and buried alive or ... if a robber be convicted, boiling pitch shall be poured over his head and a shower of feathers be shaken over to mark him, and he shall be cast ashore". I had envisioned that the person would die slowly as the maggots and infection spread to him. I'm not sure what is worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner (an albatross is hung about his neck)...... Truth is stranger than fiction: http://socialitelife.celebuzz.com/archive/2005/10/22/why_is_that_corpse_strapped_to_your_back.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 X-Files??? Buffy the Vampire Slayer?? You crack me up! :lol: I've heard about being tied to the corpse, but I couldn't remember the context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SproutMamaK Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Wow, having not studied the middle ages... well, ever, including my (public) schooled days, I've never heard of this before! Is it bad that I find it poetically appropriate? Somehow I doubt we'd have quite as many murders... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MO Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 and used it in a church teaching I gave. Here's a link: http://net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=Body%20Of%20Death In the Bible, Paul ends Romans 7:18-19 by saying, "What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?" Bible scholars have differing stances on that term, body of death, but there is a possibility that Paul was giving a visual example of how God views sin and compels his readers to view it the same. The ancients had a particularly cruel method of capital punishment that the Israelites would have been familiar with (although they did not use this method). A condemned criminal would have a corpse, not yet fully decomposed, chained to his own body, allowing the disease process to infect and eventually kill him. Here's the spiritual application: If we would see sin as a rotting corpse we're dragging around, we'd be more likely to ask God for the key to unchain it. Paul offers the key: "Thanks be to God - through Jesus Christ our Lord!" May be more than you asked for, but I spent hours researching this last year and am happy to get to pull it out and revisit it...ok...maybe happy isn't the right word considering it's about corpses....:lol: Blessings, Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 You beat me to it. My dh used this in a sermon (and made the entire congregation squirm) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I remember reading something about this, but now I can't find it...... Ah the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 What an awful punishment! Just kill me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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