Life And Death, Honor... — The Faithful Executioner,

: Over a 45-year career, Schmidt personally executed 394 individuals and administered corporal punishment (flogging, disfiguring, or torturing) to hundreds more.

Despite his grim "day job," Schmidt was not a social monster but a complex, three-dimensional figure. The Faithful Executioner, Life and Death, Honor...

This report examines the life and career of Meister Frantz Schmidt (1555–1634), the subject of Joel F. Harrington’s The Faithful Executioner , who served as Nuremberg’s public executioner from 1573 to 1618. : Over a 45-year career, Schmidt personally executed

: His executions were highly regulated by city authorities and varied by the crime. Beheading with a sword was considered the most "honorable" death, while hanging was the least. : Over a 45-year career