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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
Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712

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).

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