Charles V punishes the inhabitants of Ghent for the city's refusal to pay the agreed tax. Public humiliation on 3 May 1540 in which 500 inhabitants of Ghent kneel before the emperor barefoot and with a noose around their neck, begging for mercy, Karel V punishes the inhabitants of Ghent, 1540., print maker: Simon Fokke, Northern Netherlands, 1782 - 1784, paper, etching, h 93 mm × w 110 mm

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