10 June - Execution by starvation

2021-06-10

On this day in Tudor history, 10th June 1537, in the reign of King Henry VIII, two Carthusian monks died after being starved to death in prison. What had these monks done to deserve this awful fate? Find out about them and their fellow Carthusian martyrs in this edition of #TudorHistory Shorts. You can see this Tudor history short as a video here: https://youtu.be/XX-fq9ZYOjU Here are more detailed videoson the Carthusian martyrs of Henry’s reign: May 11 -Two Carthusian Monks - https:...

On this day in Tudor history, 10th June 1537, in the reign of King Henry VIII, two Carthusian monks died after being starved to death in prison.

What had these monks done to deserve this awful fate?

Find out about them and their fellow Carthusian martyrs in this edition of #TudorHistory Shorts. You can see this Tudor history short as a video here: https://youtu.be/XX-fq9ZYOjU

Here are more detailed videoson the Carthusian martyrs of Henry’s reign:

May 11 -Two Carthusian Monks - https://youtu.be/kFeYN34OA9M

June 19 - More Carthusian monks meet their sad ends - https://youtu.be/kzzUWDkUdY8

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