MAKE A MEME View Large Image Water-ordeal.jpg en Miniature from the Lucerne chronicle of 1513 fol 80v in spite of the image title this is not a water ordeal but simply an instance of corporeal punishment called schwemmen In 1470 the boy Hans Hegenheim was convicted for ...
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Keywords: Water-ordeal.jpg en Miniature from the Lucerne chronicle of 1513 fol 80v in spite of the image title this is not a water ordeal but simply an instance of corporeal punishment called schwemmen In 1470 the boy Hans Hegenheim was convicted for theft and as punishment was thrown into the Reuss River bound with a rope and pulled behind a boat for a fixed distance from Peterskapelle to Reusbrücke He survived and was considered to have atoned for his crime and went on to live a long life http //www inquisition pp ru/eng/ispitan htm dead link Diebold Schilling the Younger 1513 PD-old-100 thumb Luzerner Schilling Ordeal
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