This article considers the clothing choices made by some of the Tudor (and Stewart) elite who met their end on the scaffold. While the final speeches of the condemned have been analysed, what they chose to wear has been neglected – yet contemporary observers often recorded their choices in detail indicating that it was significant to both the prisoner and their audience. By exploring the clothes worn for trials and executions, and the significance of undressing in public, this article argues that most elite prisoners used clothing to make a final statement, the nature of which could range from defiance to a wish to make a dignified end.

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“为了我们的目的，我们应该穿着得体”：16 世纪英国精英处决时穿着的服装的意义

本文考虑了一些在脚手架上结束的都铎（和斯图尔特）精英所做的服装选择。虽然分析了被判刑者的最后讲话，但他们选择的穿着却被忽视了——但当代观察家经常详细记录他们的选择，表明这对囚犯和他们的听众都很重要。本文通过探讨审判和处决时穿的衣服，以及在公共场合脱衣服的意义，认为大多数精英囚犯使用衣服来做最后的陈述，其性质可以从蔑视到希望有尊严的结束。