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Execution of monks in Ghent for sodomy, 1578
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Whipping and execution of four Franciscan monks in Ghent on charges of sodomy, 28 June 1578. In the background, the whipping; in the foreground, the monks on the pyre. At the bottom, a four-line text in Latin. Numbered in the lower left: 98. Subject categories within the Atlas of Customs and Manners: Government, Justice.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTerechtstelling van monniken te Gent wegens sodomie, 1578. 1616. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
