Put To Death - Dragging Behind a Horse
During the middle ages, one method of execution commenced with dragging the prisoner behind a horse, en route to the scene of death. This image depicts such an event - the Torture of Queen Brunhild. It is an illustration from Grandes Chroniques de France (a royal compilation of French history) maintained at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.
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