Persecution of Catholics. 17th-century artwork of a man being tortured on the rack during persecutions carried out against Catholics by Protestants. A

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Persecution of Catholics. 17th-century artwork of a man being tortured on the rack during persecutions carried out against Catholics by Protestants. Artwork from the 1607 Anvers edition of 'Theatre des Cruautez des Heretiques de notre temps', originally published in 1587 by Anglo-Dutch antiquary Richard Rowlands (also known as Verstegen).

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Photo credit: © BRITISH LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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