tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post8808817567538843299..comments2024-03-28T04:30:13.337-04:00Comments on The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century: A Murderess' TaleHeather Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-19240312357188385632009-09-22T12:24:09.811-04:002009-09-22T12:24:09.811-04:00The Countess is a German movie coming out about Ba...<i>The Countess</i> is a German movie coming out about Bathory. It hits theaters next year, hopefully will hit American ones too!Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-72185612363906536902009-09-19T16:04:04.141-04:002009-09-19T16:04:04.141-04:00You're all so bloodthirsty! ......er... where...You're all so bloodthirsty! ......er... where can I get a copy of the film about Countess Bathory? :O)Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908084484202064053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-10447731166645430602009-09-19T13:10:22.587-04:002009-09-19T13:10:22.587-04:00Yes! Bathory! She was a beast!Yes! Bathory! She was a beast!Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-6001624062772622562009-09-19T08:02:31.435-04:002009-09-19T08:02:31.435-04:00@Fabulastic: Both links were interesting. I want...@Fabulastic: Both links were interesting. I want to see the film Bathory now. It's in the queue.Paul Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09969557760934512569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-16512505353869544012009-09-19T06:10:14.999-04:002009-09-19T06:10:14.999-04:00She reminds me of another sadistic lady of better ...She reminds me of another sadistic lady of better breeding, <br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine_LaLaurie" rel="nofollow">Delphine LaLaurie</a>.<br /><br />But, actually she was nothing compared to the <br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory" rel="nofollow">Countess Báthory</a> the finest example of aristocratic cruelty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-79389630081540372332009-09-18T15:36:58.339-04:002009-09-18T15:36:58.339-04:00Very true point to bring up. The Foundling Hospit...Very true point to bring up. The Foundling Hospital itself was an example of Enlightened thinking. Servants were as good as slaves for many years.<br /><br />Although Hogarth's depiction is exaggerated (who, Hogarth? Exaggerated? pshhht) they would use felons' bodies for study, as they did with Elizabeth's. The thought of the body being dissected rather than buried was incentive to be on the good side of the law. I love how Hogarth shows the surgeons greedily dissecting an almost alive-looking cadaver, as if they can't get enough of the activity...mmm delicious and delightful dissection, we crazy surgeons just can't enough!Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-24315556987921286862009-09-18T15:28:29.478-04:002009-09-18T15:28:29.478-04:00These were cruel times but some social responsibil...These were cruel times but some social responsibility was beginning to creep into it. Further back, nothing would have been thought of maltreating foundlings, the poor of the land. <br /><br />The anatomy lesson is a 'fanciful' depiction, probably designed to put fear into other possible felons.<br /><br />Man's inhumanity to man is legend and continues, given half a chance to unleash, as we hear and see even today.ZACLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289333819869440699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-74422558630258525112009-09-18T15:28:20.650-04:002009-09-18T15:28:20.650-04:00Wow that is a similar story! It just goes to show...Wow that is a similar story! It just goes to show history repeats itself, and unfortunately sick people are always around. I had just watched <i>Changeling</i> (Go see it if you haven't already btw) before I wrote this, and even those cases are similar, especially in terms of depravity.Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-82294315984922836982009-09-18T11:39:02.369-04:002009-09-18T11:39:02.369-04:00Wow! That is horrible. It is amazing that people c...Wow! That is horrible. It is amazing that people can be so cruel. I wonder what was done to Elizabeth to make her such a cruel person.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860487428631923601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-5436579011281176972009-09-18T07:48:27.196-04:002009-09-18T07:48:27.196-04:00Anyone remember the case just a year or two ago ab...Anyone remember the case just a year or two ago about the couple in New York who treated two immigrant employees in a very similar way? Here is the link; times haven't changed much, huh?<br /><br />http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/indian-american-slavery-couple-sued-by-maids_10074855.htmlPaul Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09969557760934512569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-60856716677255908832009-09-18T05:10:29.005-04:002009-09-18T05:10:29.005-04:00Oh my goodness, how shocking! And it's distur...Oh my goodness, how shocking! And it's disturbing to think that we read of similar stories in the newspapers of our own age.Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908084484202064053noreply@blogger.com