10 June - Execution by starvation...

10 June - Execution by starvation

Tudor History with Claire Ridgway by Claire Ridgway
E686
Jun 10, 2021
00:59

Episode notes

On this day in Tudor history, 10th June 1537, in the reign of King Henry VIII, two Carthusian monks died after being starved to death in prison.    What had these monks done to deserve this awful fate?   Find out about them and their fellow Carthusian martyrs in this edition of  #TudorHistory Shorts. You can see this Tudor history short as a video here: https://youtu.be/XX-fq9ZYOjU   Here are more detailed videoson the Carthusian martyrs of Henry’s reign:
May 11 -Two Carthusian Monks - https://youtu.be/kFeYN34OA9M  June 19 - More Carthusian monks meet their sad ends - https://youtu.be/kzzUWDkUdY8