Left, a young man avoiding being burnt at the stake for heresy by the Spanish Inquisition by recanting; left, a young woman avoiding being burned alive by recanting after the judgement. Engraving by B. Picart, 1722.
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Left, a young man avoiding being burnt at the stake for heresy by the Spanish Inquisition by recanting; left, a young woman avoiding being burned alive by recanting after the judgement. Engraving by B. Picart, 1722.

Bernard Picart · 1722

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Homme condamné au feu; mais qui l'a evité par sa confession. Fille qui a evité le feu, en avoiiant apres son jugement. B. Picart sculp. dir. 1722

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