Executions in Medieval London

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🗓️ 12 November 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Public executions were a major part of Londoners’ lives from the 12th century right through to the 19th. Now the Museum of London Docklands has brought the rarely told and often tragic human stories behind these events to a superb new exhibition, containing a range of fascinating objects, paintings and projections, many of which have rarely been seen in public.

In this edition of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis explores some of the exhibition’s Medieval stories and items with curator Meriel Jeater.

The Senior Producer on this episode was Elena Guthrie. It was edited by Rob Weinberg.

**WARNING: This episode contains graphic descriptions of methods of execution**

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2:01.9	Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval, I'm Matt Lewis. Lots of stories of prominent medieval
2:07.4	figures end at a gallows or on an axman's block. These events served a number of purposes and
2:13.6	became macabre tourist attractions. A new exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands tells the
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