BBC viewers said they were left traumatised by graphic execution scenes just moments into Wolf Hall finally returning after ...
Life in Tudor England was hard and you had to be tough ... pettier theft of items worth more than 5 pence could result in execution. Henry VIII's reign was particularly bloody and estimates ...
Vagrants and vagabonds were treated harshly in Tudor times. Laws were passed to ... Repeat offenders would be executed. This law was repealed after three years. 1601 The Elizabethan Poor Law ...