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1482: Richard Puller von Hohenburg and Anthony Mätzler

Posted on 24 September, 2015 by Headsman

The Alsatian knight Richard Puller von Hohenburg and his servant, Anthony Mätzler, burned for sodomy at Zurich. From illustration in Die Grosse Burgunderchronik by Diebold Schilling de Altere, c. 1483.

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Posted in 15th Century, Arts and Literature, Burned, Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Disfavored Minorities, Execution, History, Homosexuals, Nobility, Public Executions, Sex, Soldiers, Switzerland | Tagged 1480s, 1482, anthony matzler, art, richard puller von hohenburg, september 24, zurich

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