Timeline for Why was the swordsman of Calais chosen as Anne Boleyn's executioner?
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| Feb 27, 2018 at 23:02 | comment | added | MAGolding | I don't know, but maybe the closest executioner with a lot of skill using a sword was in Calais. And if it was normal to use an ax in England the only English possession where swords were used for beheading would be Calais. | |
| Apr 5, 2017 at 0:07 | comment | added | SRM | But why go all the way to Calais? That's the core of this question. | |
| Sep 29, 2015 at 21:20 | comment | added | Thomas Reinstate Monica Myron | This only needs to be edited slightly to include these words: "to make the death swift and clean, and not prolonged and painful." | |
| Sep 29, 2015 at 17:34 | comment | added | CGCampbell | This is a fine description of what an executioner does and uses, but it does not answer the question asked. | |
| Sep 29, 2015 at 16:05 | history | answered | Tyler Durden | CC BY-SA 3.0 |