Burning of witches in Wittenberg, woodcut showing the burning of four persons as witches in Wittenberg in 1540 as a pamphlet for deterrence. According to contemporary witnesses, the victims are roasted alive on pillars in a particularly cruel manner by being set up on oak pillars, forged and miserably smoked and dried out with fire, like bricks. Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time..
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Burning of witches in Wittenberg, woodcut showing the burning of four persons as witches in Wittenberg in 1540 as a pamphlet for deterrence. According to contemporary witnesses, the victims are roasted alive on pillars in a particularly cruel manner by being set up on oak pillars, forged and miserably smoked and dried out with fire, like bricks. Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time..

Crédit

Photo12/UIG/H.Tschanz-Hofmann

Notre référence

UMG24A12_310

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

35,6Mo (1,2Mo) / 26,3cm x 33,9cm / 3107 x 4000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Historical Burning witches Wittenberg woodcut persons Wittenberg pamphlet deterrence victims Historical

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