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Destroction of Printing Presses in MayenceHistory of the World Vol III (1885)

This woodcut (or engraving) was included in a section on the invention of the printing press, but the book did not mention the 1462 destruction of the presses. Mainz was sacked in 1462, but it is not [...]

Keywords: printing, violence, soldiers, destruction, printing presses, death, murder, luddites, greyscale

Places shown: Mainz; Rhineland-Palatinate; Germany

Added: 2026-08-06

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ExecutionJugend [German art magazine] (1903)

This rather dramatic picture showd person about to be hung by an angry mob until they are dead. People are tugging on the rpe to raise the victim; they wear workers’ clothing and some of them are [...]

Keywords: death, murder, lynching, hanging, execution, people, men, hatred, injustice, bare feet, sketches, greyscale

Places shown: Germany

Added: 2021-05-31

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Woodcroft House in Etton Parish in Northamptonshire where Dr. Michael Hudson was murthered 6 June 1648Desiderata (1779)

It seems that Dr. Hudson had tried to hide in a tower, but was caught; he tried to escape, and ended up dangling over the edge of the tower by his hands. His hands (or fingers, accounts vary) were cu [...]

Keywords: violence, murder, manors, moats, people, battles, greyscale

Places shown: Etton; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2006-08-18

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And then began a murder, grim and greatGood Words (1865)

Hereward the Wake is about to kill his brother, who pleads for mercy but to no avail. The scene is set inside an Anglo-Saxon hall (although the stone pillar in the backgroundmakes it a rather fancy on [...]

Keywords: murder, attack, anglo-saxons, warriors, weapons, swords, interiors, people, men, socked feet, costumes, death, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-01-09

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