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The year is 1100, I've just captured a castle and killed all the heirs inside to eliminate rival claimants. Who gets to clean up the gore?

523 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Ilyn Payne from Game of Thrones was the royal executioner and from the minor nobility. Was that typical of European executioners?

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[WP] You, the Monarch, are frustrated that the Crown Prince wants to marry a princess because he put a pea under a pile of mattresses.

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[EU] Katniss never volunteers. Prim and Peeta are killed in the Games.

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How did the Kirishitan of the 16th Century Japan understand Christianity?

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Were the bodies of suicide victims decapitated in Medieval Europe (c.12th Century) a la Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven"?

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Did Carl Sagan really suggest Stanley Kubrick "not show the alien" in 2001?

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How Pagan was post-conquest England?

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Why were the Portuguese not a bigger influence in Southeast Asia? (Allow me to explain my question)

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What kind of guests patronized ryokan in pre-modern Japan?

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The year is 1100, I've just captured a castle and killed all the heirs inside to eliminate rival claimants. Who gets to clean up the gore?	523	AskHistorians
Ilyn Payne from Game of Thrones was the royal executioner and from the minor nobility. Was that typical of European executioners?	84	AskHistorians
[WP] You, the Monarch, are frustrated that the Crown Prince wants to marry a princess because he put a pea under a pile of mattresses.	46	WritingPrompts
[EU] Katniss never volunteers. Prim and Peeta are killed in the Games.	32	WritingPrompts
How did the Kirishitan of the 16th Century Japan understand Christianity?	31	AskHistorians
Were the bodies of suicide victims decapitated in Medieval Europe (c.12th Century) a la Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven"?	29	AskHistorians
Did Carl Sagan really suggest Stanley Kubrick "not show the alien" in 2001?	28	AskHistorians
How Pagan was post-conquest England?	22	AskHistorians
Why were the Portuguese not a bigger influence in Southeast Asia? (Allow me to explain my question)	22	AskHistorians
What kind of guests patronized ryokan in pre-modern Japan?	20	AskHistorians