The image depicts an execution of those condemned by the Holy Inquisition. Burning at the stake was the ultimate penalty for heretics. It was common for the accused to be publicly burned on a pyre as an example to the entire population
The image depicts an execution of those condemned by the Holy Inquisition. Burning at the stake was the ultimate penalty for heretics. It was common for the accused to be publicly burned on a pyre as an example to the entire population
Film based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, depicting the events following the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of 1572 in France.
British mini-series set in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.