Comments on: 1833: Captain Henry Nicholas Nicholls, sodomite http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/08/12/1833-captain-henry-nicholas-nicholls-sodomite/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:30:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ExecutedToday.com » Executed Today’s Second Annual Report: Once Bitten, Twice Die http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/08/12/1833-captain-henry-nicholas-nicholls-sodomite/#comment-11962 ExecutedToday.com » Executed Today’s Second Annual Report: Once Bitten, Twice Die Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:42:26 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=354#comment-11962 [...] 1923: Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters - A deadly love triangle turned enduring cause celebre. 17. August 12, 1833: Captain Henry Nicholas Nicholls - The #1 post this time last year, thanks to a link from Andrew Sullivan, but scant ongoing traffic [...] [...] 1923: Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters - A deadly love triangle turned enduring cause celebre. 17. August 12, 1833: Captain Henry Nicholas Nicholls - The #1 post this time last year, thanks to a link from Andrew Sullivan, but scant ongoing traffic [...]

]]> By: Anyone else curious who was executed on this day in history? « the long nineteenth century http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/08/12/1833-captain-henry-nicholas-nicholls-sodomite/#comment-3238 Anyone else curious who was executed on this day in history? « the long nineteenth century Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:41:54 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=354#comment-3238 [...] It’s called ExecutedToday. It even has a special literary section. My favorite is Captain Henry Nicholas Nicholls, executed in 1833 for sodomy. According to ExecutedToday: A first-person narrative written in 1833 [...] [...] It’s called ExecutedToday. It even has a special literary section. My favorite is Captain Henry Nicholas Nicholls, executed in 1833 for sodomy. According to ExecutedToday: A first-person narrative written in 1833 [...]

]]> By: ExecutedToday.com » Executed Today’s First Annual Report: One Year of Dying Languorously http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/08/12/1833-captain-henry-nicholas-nicholls-sodomite/#comment-2085 ExecutedToday.com » Executed Today’s First Annual Report: One Year of Dying Languorously Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:28:36 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=354#comment-2085 [...] August 12, 1833: Captain Henry Nicholas Nicholls, sodomite [...] [...] August 12, 1833: Captain Henry Nicholas Nicholls, sodomite [...]

]]> By: Fiz (UK) http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/08/12/1833-captain-henry-nicholas-nicholls-sodomite/#comment-1382 Fiz (UK) Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:02:05 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=354#comment-1382 William Bankes was found in flagrante delicto some years later and fled the country never to return. William Bankes was found in flagrante delicto some years later and fled the country never to return.

]]> By: Caitlin GD Hopkins http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/08/12/1833-captain-henry-nicholas-nicholls-sodomite/#comment-1376 Caitlin GD Hopkins Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:39:12 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=354#comment-1376 Congrats on your high-profile link! Congrats on your high-profile link!

]]> By: peter http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/08/12/1833-captain-henry-nicholas-nicholls-sodomite/#comment-1375 peter Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:21:44 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=354#comment-1375 <i>" the first overt literary defense of homosexuality in English"</i> Really? What about Kit Marlowe's play "Edward II" (1592), Richard Barnfield's poem "The Affectionate Shepherd" (1594), or the sonnets of one Bill Shakespeare (published 1609), most of which are love poems to another man? ” the first overt literary defense of homosexuality in English”

Really? What about Kit Marlowe’s play “Edward II” (1592), Richard Barnfield’s poem “The Affectionate Shepherd” (1594), or the sonnets of one Bill Shakespeare (published 1609), most of which are love poems to another man?

]]> By: On this day in 1833… « Muse Free http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/08/12/1833-captain-henry-nicholas-nicholls-sodomite/#comment-1374 On this day in 1833… « Muse Free Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:06:38 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=354#comment-1374 [...] an interesting blog that describes executions that took place in the past on each day of the year. Today’s entry is about Nicholas Nicholls, who was executed under British law that made homosexuality a capital [...] [...] an interesting blog that describes executions that took place in the past on each day of the year. Today’s entry is about Nicholas Nicholls, who was executed under British law that made homosexuality a capital [...]

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