Posthumous execution is the ritualexecution of an already dead body.
Examples include:
Pope Formosus (died 896), whose body was exhumed by his successor, Pope Stephen VII, dressed in papal vestments and seated on a throne to undergo a "trial", later known as the Cadaver Synod or the Synod Horrenda. Found guilty, the body was stripped, three fingers from its right hand cut off, and the corpse thrown into the Tiber.
King Richard III of England ( 1452 - 1485Events August 22 Battle of Bosworth Field is fought between the armies of King Richard III of England and rival claimant to the throne of England Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond. Richard dies in battle and Henry Tudor becomes King Henry VII of England.), who was hanged by his successor King Henry VIIHenry VII ( January 28, 1457 April 21, 1509), King of England, Lord of Ireland ( August 22, 1485 April 21, 1509), was the founder of the Tudor dynasty and is generally acknowledged as one of England's most successful kings. King of England, Lord of Irelan following his death at the Battle of Bosworth FieldThe Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field was an important battle during the Wars of the Roses in 15th century England. It was fought on August 22, 1485 between the Yorkist King Richard III, the last of the Plantagenet dynasty, and the Lancastrian contende. His body was further desecrated following the dissolution of the monasteries and, according to legend, cast into the River SoarThe River Soar is a tributary of the River Trent in the English East Midlands. It rises near Hinckley in Leicestershire and flows through Leicester (where it is joined by the Grand Union Canal at Aylestone), Barrow-on-Soar and Kegworth, before joining the.
Pietro Martire VermigliPietro Martire Vermigli known as Peter Martyr ( 1500- 1562), was a theologian of the Reformation period. He was born at Florence on May 8 1500, the son of Stefano Vermigli, a follower of Savonarola, by his first wife, Maria Fumantina. He owed his Christia ( 1500Events Europe's population was ~60 million. Spielvogel January 5 Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French. April 22 Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral officially discovers Brazil and claims the land for Port - 1562Events Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. The expedition goes between Guinea and the West Indies January 6 Earl of Tyrone ends his first rebellion by surrendering to Queen Elizabeth I of England January 17 Huguenots were recogni), who was burned as a heretic following his death.
