Haman’s Highlights
Good day everyone. Lynn Haman here, and it is my job to surf the world wide web and find the dirtiest, rottenest jobs just to make us feel a little better about our jobs. Haman High Lights brings you “Just Another Reason to Love Your Job”.
We are back with the Top Ten Strangest Jobs in History, brought to you from Listverse.com - #3
Whipping Boy: A whipping boy, in the 1600s and 1700s, was a young boy who was assigned to a young prince and was punished when the prince misbehaved or fell behind in his schooling. Whipping boys were established in the English court during the monarchies of the 15th century and 16th century. They were created because the idea of the Divine Right of Kings, which stated that kings were appointed by God, and implied that no one but the king was worthy of punishing the king’s son. Since the king was rarely around to punish his son when necessary, tutors to the young prince found it extremely difficult to enforce rules or learning. Whipping boys were generally of high birth, and were educated with the prince since birth. Due to the fact that the prince and whipping boy grew up together since birth, they usually formed an emotional bond. The strong bond that developed between a prince and his whipping boy dramatically increased the effectiveness of using a whipping boy as a form of punishment for a prince. The idea of the whipping boys was that seeing a friend being whipped or beaten for something that he had done wrong would be likely to ensure that the prince would not make the same mistake again. Tune in next time to find out the next strangest job… same Success day, same Success time!
Until then, good day everybody!
~Lynn~
Good day everyone. Lynn Haman here, and it is my job to surf the world wide web and find the dirtiest, rottenest jobs just to make us feel a little better about our jobs. Haman High Lights brings you “Just Another Reason to Love Your Job”.
We are back with the Top Ten Strangest Jobs in History, brought to you from Listverse.com - #3
Whipping Boy: A whipping boy, in the 1600s and 1700s, was a young boy who was assigned to a young prince and was punished when the prince misbehaved or fell behind in his schooling. Whipping boys were established in the English court during the monarchies of the 15th century and 16th century. They were created because the idea of the Divine Right of Kings, which stated that kings were appointed by God, and implied that no one but the king was worthy of punishing the king’s son. Since the king was rarely around to punish his son when necessary, tutors to the young prince found it extremely difficult to enforce rules or learning. Whipping boys were generally of high birth, and were educated with the prince since birth. Due to the fact that the prince and whipping boy grew up together since birth, they usually formed an emotional bond. The strong bond that developed between a prince and his whipping boy dramatically increased the effectiveness of using a whipping boy as a form of punishment for a prince. The idea of the whipping boys was that seeing a friend being whipped or beaten for something that he had done wrong would be likely to ensure that the prince would not make the same mistake again. Tune in next time to find out the next strangest job… same Success day, same Success time!
Until then, good day everybody!
~Lynn~
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