http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:31:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/#comment-11518 ExecutedToday.com » 1749: Antonio Camardella Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:02:25 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/#comment-11518 [...] This devil-may-care display of ferocity evidently made an impression on the denizens of a city still ruled by the papacy: they were still talking about it a century later, when Roman sonneteer Giuseppe Gioachino Belli anachronistically situated him on the scaffold with Belli’s own contemporary, renowned executioner Mastro Titta. [...] [...] This devil-may-care display of ferocity evidently made an impression on the denizens of a city still ruled by the papacy: they were still talking about it a century later, when Roman sonneteer Giuseppe Gioachino Belli anachronistically situated him on the scaffold with Belli’s own contemporary, renowned executioner Mastro Titta. [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/#comment-4493 ExecutedToday.com » 1817: Three criminals in Rome, as witnessed by Lord Byron Tue, 19 May 2009 05:19:11 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/#comment-4493 [...] I saw three robbers guillotined. The ceremony — including the masqued priests; the half-naked executioners; the bandaged criminals; the black Christ and his banner; the scaffold; the soldiery; the slow [...] [...] I saw three robbers guillotined. The ceremony — including the masqued priests; the half-naked executioners; the bandaged criminals; the black Christ and his banner; the scaffold; the soldiery; the slow [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/#comment-3701 ExecutedToday.com » 1845: An Italian highwayman, as witnessed by Dickens Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:42:04 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/#comment-3701 [...] for its relentless anti-Catholicism. (Update: More on the use of confessionals in Papal Rome in this post about the Vatican’s [...] [...] for its relentless anti-Catholicism. (Update: More on the use of confessionals in Papal Rome in this post about the Vatican’s [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/#comment-2776 7 Famous Executioners — ty.rannosaur.us Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:55:09 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/#comment-2776 [...] list would show off for the crowds, Bugatti considered it to be a side job.  Well known for his brutality - using hammers to crush heads and then quartering the bodies - he approached each execution in a [...] [...] list would show off for the crowds, Bugatti considered it to be a side job.  Well known for his brutality - using hammers to crush heads and then quartering the bodies - he approached each execution in a [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/#comment-2118 ExecutedToday.com » Executed Today’s First Annual Report: One Year of Dying Languorously Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:00:36 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/#comment-2118 [...] March 22, 1796: Mastro Titta’s first execution of many [...] [...] March 22, 1796: Mastro Titta’s first execution of many [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/#comment-1925 ExecutedToday.com » Seven Generic Halloween Costumes You Can Spice Up With an Execution Story Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:19:47 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/#comment-1925 [...] President Grover Cleveland and (helpfully, for Halloween) flamboyantly costumed Italian executioner Mastro Titta are among the famous characters to trod the scaffold [...] [...] President Grover Cleveland and (helpfully, for Halloween) flamboyantly costumed Italian executioner Mastro Titta are among the famous characters to trod the scaffold [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/#comment-1866 Europe Travel Carnival 5 May 2008 « Europe a la Carte Magazine Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:47:24 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/22/1796-mastro-titta-first-execution/#comment-1866 [...] of a gruesome topic for a blog. However there’s a lot of historical background in the post. 1796: Mastro Titta’s first execution of many posted at Executed Today which tells of the first execution carried out by Mastra Titta, one of [...] [...] of a gruesome topic for a blog. However there’s a lot of historical background in the post. 1796: Mastro Titta’s first execution of many posted at Executed Today which tells of the first execution carried out by Mastra Titta, one of [...]

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