Drownings in the Dark: The Politics of Secret Executions in Antwerp, 1557-1565
Between 1557 and 1565, the Antwerp city council carried out almost all of its executions of religious dissidents by drowning them in secret. This presents a puzzle to current historiography, as historians of capital punishment have identified the public and spectacular nature of early modern execut...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Journals
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Early Modern Low Countries |
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| Online Access: | https://emlc-journal.org/article/view/10008 |