Stand speech
A booth speech was a Christian sermon addressed to spectators , which was usually given by a clergyman immediately after the execution of a criminal at the place of execution . The genre of the standard speech was common in both the Protestant and Catholic contexts from the 17th to the 19th century.
purpose
The standard speech explained to the audience present at the execution of the crime the person sentenced to death was guilty of and was intended to have a deterrent effect on the one hand . In the sermon the clergyman addressed a warning to the spectators. The temporal and physical proximity of the speech to the execution made the exhortation particularly effective.
On the other hand, prayers were made in the speeches for the salvation of the executed person. In addition to deterrence and retribution , executions were always about the redemption of the sinner after death. To this end, the delinquents were given spiritual assistance between arrest and the death penalty . The official speech formed the end of this accompanying process.
pressure
Many stand speeches were published by city printers and newspapers and sold during or after the public lectures. The proceeds were intended for a good cause: partly for poor institutions and very often for the relatives of the executed person. Often their children were explicitly named, who should be given a good education with the money . Thus, the speeches also functioned as a medium for spreading Christian views on a moral way of life.
term
Other terms are used in contemporary sources that denote the same or a comparable phenomenon. These include a .: Professional speech , standing sermon, stock speech, salutation, funeral speech , gallows speech, warning speech , sheep speech .
The common word today dressing is initially the students linguistic enhancement of state speech .
See also
literature
- Romy Günthart: Sermons on the Scaffold. The standard speeches from the Confederation. In: Familienforschung Schweiz - Jahrbuch 46, 2019, pp. 7–36.
Web links
Research project “Standreden” at the University of Zurich