Environ 350 Personnes tuées près d'Altzey par par ordre de l'Empereur, A. 1529
Ungefähr 350 Personen bey Altzey durch Kayserlichen beselch getödtet, A. 1529
An engraving depicting the execution and torture of some 350 people in Alzey on the orders of the Holy Roman Emperor. The image shows a man having his fingers removed with a chisel (right), a man being blindfolded in preparation for beheading (center), and a bound man with a cross burned onto his forehead (left).
Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733
Leiden (Netherlands)
French
German
Martyrs
Martyrdom
Death
Beheading
Torture
Dismemberment
Branding (Punishment)
Persecution
Anabaptists
Alzey (Germany)
Seventeenth century
1 image
Still image
engravings (prints)
Theatre des martyrs = Schau-Buhne der Martyrer : depuis la mort J. Christ jusqu' à present : représenté en tres belles tailles-douces
1698 LUIK
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