I read that executioners were usually common working men who

>job
>were they paid?
yes executioners were paid

>>1690412
Sometimes victims would pay them to do a clean job

>>1690423
How much?

>>1690412
They got a house and salary for lobbing off heads and shit. Don't know about Europe but Edo period Japan had different executioners for commoners and samurai though they were both samurai.

>>1690412
Depends on the executioner. Sometimes it was a family job, as in the case of the Sanson family.

>>1690438
about three fiddy i believe

Apparently in france the position was hereditary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Henri_Sanson#Family_history

>>1690491
>tfw you always wanted to be a lowly farmer but now you have to execute people
>Ughhhhh Dad
>#FrenchProblems

>>1690412
I believe they got the boots.

>>1690412
>What was the incentive to do so?
Well for one thing you've always got business.

>>1690412
"My christian name is not important"

Depends on the country and time.

I think in Japanese societies they were usually on the lowest rank in social hierarchy.

>>1690489
epic good gentlesir! this screencap will be upvoted to the top!

>>1690534
*tips fedora*