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An 1892 painting showing the 1682 burning of Old Believer leader Avvakum and others in Pustozersk, Russia. Death by burning is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public capital punishment, and many societies have employed it as a punishment for and warning ...
William Tyndale (/ ˈtɪndəl /; [1] sometimes spelled Tynsdale, Tindall, Tindill, Tyndall; c. 1494 – October 1536) was an English Biblical scholar and linguist who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation in the years leading up to his execution. He is well known as a translator of much of the Bible into English, and was ...
Death by burning at stake. The Trial of Joan of Arc was a 15th century legal proceeding against Joan of Arc, a French military leader under Charles VII during the Hundred Years' War. During the siege of Compiègne in 1430, she was captured by Burgundian forces and subsequently sold to their English allies.
Burning of the Templars, 1314 Burning of William Sawtre, 1401 John Badby burned in a barrel, 1410 Burning of Jan Hus in Constance, 1415 Joan of Arc at the stake, 1431 Rogers' execution at Smithfield, 1555 Burning of John Hooper in Gloucester, 1555 Burning of Thomas Hawkes, 1555. Ramihrdus of Cambrai [4] [5] (1076 or 1077) (burned)
Jacques de Molay (French: [də mɔlɛ]; c. 1240–1250 [1] – 11 or 18 March 1314 [2]), also spelled " Molai ", [3] was the 23rd and last grand master of the Knights Templar, leading the order sometime before 20 April 1292 until it was dissolved by order of Pope Clement V in 1312. [4][5] Though little is known of his actual life and deeds ...
Woodcut of the burning of Anne Askew, for heresy, at Smithfield in 1546. Anne Askew was burnt at the stake at Smithfield, London, aged 25, on 16 July 1546, with John Lascelles, Nicholas Belenian and John Adams. [20] [21] She was carried to execution in a chair wearing just her shirt, as she could not walk and every movement caused her severe ...
In England, burning was a legal punishment inflicted on women found guilty of high treason, petty treason, and heresy. Over a period of several centuries, female convicts were publicly burnt at the stake, sometimes alive, for a range of activities including coining and mariticide. While men guilty of heresy were also burned at the stake, those ...
Burned at the stake for heresy for role in drafting the Matthew Bible. John Hooper: 9 February 1555 Anglican Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester. Burnt at the stake in Gloucester during the Marian Persecutions. Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London: 16 October 1555 Anglican Bishop of London. One of the Oxford Martyrs burnt at the stake. Hugh Latimer