This illustration, from an old engraving, shows the burning of heretics during the Spanish Inquisition (established in 1478 and disbanded in 1834). The label notes that it illustrates an Auto da fe, the ritual of public penance of condemned heretics and apostates. This illustration shows burnings in the 1500s.

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