Left, a man convicted of heresy in the Spanish Inquisition; right, a nun that escaped being burned at the stake by recanting. Engraving by B. Picart, 1722.
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Left, a man convicted of heresy in the Spanish Inquisition; right, a nun that escaped being burned at the stake by recanting. Engraving by B. Picart, 1722.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/157562 · 1722

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Lettering: Homme convaincu d'heresie qui s'est accusé lui même avant que d'être jugé. Religieuse, qui a évité d'être brûlée en confessant avant que d'être jugée. B. Picart sculp. dir. 1722

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