April 17, 2024
TORTURE in Middle Ages Excution in Prague Tools Chamber - 1870 Antique Print
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Torture in the Middle Ages Another Quality Print from Martin2001 Type of print: CopperplateEngraving - Original vintage antique print. Year of printing: c 1865 Artist - Engraver - Publisher: n/a - n/a - Verlag F.A. Brockhaus in Leipzig Condition: Excellent - Very good - Good - Fair. Light age toning. Dimensions of print in inches: 10 x 13 (1 inch = 2,54 cm) Type of paper: Thick - Heavier - Medium Heavy - Thin Reverse side: Blank - With text or pictures Notes: 1. Green border around the print is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed, it is not part of the print. 2. See shipping, returns, terminology, etc. at the bottom of page. Legend: Fig. 1. 14th Century torture chamber; 2-10. Torture and punishment devices: block, lead pouring container, stone weight, foot cuffs, "spiked hare", executioner's sword, "violin", torture mask; 11. Painful interrogation, 16th Century; 12. 15th Century tribunal; 13. Execution of noblemen in Prague on 21 June 1621. REGARDING FIG. 13: The second Defenestration of Prague (1618), when the governors of Bohemia were thrown from the windows of the council room in Hradcany--one of the major events precipitating the Thirty Years' War--was followed by the decisive defeat of Protestant forces at the Battle of the White Mountain, near the city, in 1620. Twenty-seven Prague commoners and Czech
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