 | Henry Charles Lea - 1887 - 644 pages
...childbirth. Frederic II., the most enlightened prince of his time, burned captive rebels to death in his presence, and is even said to have encased them...the wheel. In France women were customarily burned or buried alive for simple felonies, and Jews were hung by the feet between two savage dogs, while... | |
 | Henry Charles Lea - 1887 - 616 pages
...childbirth. Frederic II., the most enlightened prince of his time, burned captive rebels to death in his presence, and is even said to have encased them...the wheel. In France women were customarily burned or buried alive for simple felonies, and Jews were hung by the feet between two savage dogs, while... | |
 | Albert Tracy Huntington - 1909 - 298 pages
...and is even said to have encased them in lead in order to roast them slowly. In 1261, in Touraine, the theft of a loaf of bread or a pot of wine by a...his master was punished by the loss of a limb. In France women were customarily burned or buried alive for simple felonies ; and Jews were hanged by... | |
 | Henry Charles Lea - 1922 - 612 pages
...childbirth. Frederic II., the most enlightened prince of his time, burned captive rebels to death in his presence, and is even said to have encased them...the wheel. In France women were customarily burned or buried alive for simple felonies, and Jews were hung by the feet between two savage dogs, while... | |
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Bertin in 1231, there is a provision that, if a thief have a concubine who is his accomplice, she is to be buried alive ; though, if pregnant, a respite is given till after childbirth. Frederic II., the most enlightened prince of his time, burned captive... 