Stake Collection

Giordano Bruno Burns
GIORDANO BRUNO Italian philosopher, arrested by the Inquisition and burnt at the stake in Rome for scientific heresy, 17 February 1600

William Tyndale / Whittock
WILLIAM TYNDALE English translator of Bible; burned at the stake for heresy in 1536

Fifth of November
Please to remember the fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason plot; I see no reason why Gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot. A stick and a stake for Victorias sake!

Joan of Arc Kisses Cross
JOAN OF ARC She kisses the cross before being burned at the stake, in Rouen, 30 May 1431

JOAN OF ARC BURNED
JOAN OF ARC Burned at the stake in Rouen on 30 May 1431. Frere Isambard holds up a cross; Martin Ladvenu offers prayers Date: 1412? - 1431

British Vs Sinn Fein
British forces attack a Sinn Fein hide-out

Jan Hus / Burnt at Stake
JAN HUS Czech religious leader Jan Hus is burnt at the stake for heresy, despite his denials Date: 1372? - 1415

Elizabeth Gaunt Burnt At The Stake

Archbishop Cranmer Burnt At The Stake

Canadians Awake, Our Land's at Stake! - WW2 Canadian envelope Date: 1941

Body of a Malayan Terrorist trussed to a stake
Photograph: the body of a Malayan Terrorist trussed to a stake, brought in by a British patrol, 1952. Associated with Malaya (1948-1957). Date: 1952

JOAN OF ARC AT STAKE
JOAN OF ARC She kisses the cross before being burned at the stake, in Rouen, 30 May 1431 Date: 1431

Indian Sacrifices
Khond (or Kandh) human sacrifice in India : a girl is garlanded, bound to a stake, then slaughtered to please the gods Date: 19th century

Two Saints make shoes being tempted by the devil. Engraving

John Hooper
JOHN HOOPER English churchman, bishop of Gloucester and Worcester, burnt at the stake for his beliefs. Date: 1495 - 1555

Satirical political cartoon, The Fall of Icarus, showing a plump, naked Earl Temple (Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos)

Catherine LA Voisin
CATHERINE DESHAYES, veuve Monvoisin, known as LA VOISIN French adventuress who was burnt at the stake for her part in the Chambre Ardente affair involvig dubious magic

Joan of Arc (1412-1431). Folk heroine of France and a Roman
Joan of Arc or The Maid of Orleans. Folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. She led the French army to several important victories against England during the Hundred Years War

Two Saints make shoes being tempted by the devil. Colored woodcut

Jan Hus Burned at Stake
JAN HUS Jan Hus, Czech religious leader, is burned at the stake for heresy, despite his denials Date: 1372? - 1415

WWI Poster, No price can be too high
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, quoting a speech by the Prime Minister: No price can be too high when honour and freedom are at stake. Date: 1915

Kaiser tied to a burning stake with Allied soldiers dancing
La Danse Finale !. Dansons la Carmagnole. The Kaiser tied to a burning stake with Allied soldiers dancing to the patriotic song of the French Revolution. Jean Emmanuel D Aurian. French Caricaturist

Map East Indies
Much of this region is still under Dutch rule : but todays Malaysia is part of the Birman Empire and the Philippines are claimed by Spain : Britain has yet to stake her claim... Date: circa 1827

LAMBERT, John (1486-1538). English catholic priest. Trial to John Lambert, condemned to die at the stake. Engraving

Joan of Arc at the stake, 1431. Fol. 71 of the
" Joan of Arc at the stake, 1431. Fol. 71 of the " Vigiles de Charles VII" by Martial d Auvergne (c. 1484). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library."

Trotting for a great stake. Date c1890

British troops with stakes and fascines, Salonika, WW1
British troops landing wooden stakes and fascines (bundles of wood used in military defences) at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: 14 November 1915

Jan Hus / G Stodart
JAN HUS Bohemiam religious leader burnt at the stake for heresy, despite his denials Date: 1372? - 1415

Jan Hus / Du Chemin
JAN HUS Bohemiam religious leader burnt at the stake for heresy, despite his denials Date: 1372? - 1415

Jan Hus / Anon / Oval Border
JAN HUS Bohemiam religious leader burnt at the stake for heresy, despite his denials Date: 1372? - 1415

Joan of Arc Burnt
JOAN OF ARC Burned at the stake in Rouen, 30 May 1431 Date: 1431

Jan Hus / Profile / Arch
JAN HUS Bohemiam religious leader burnt at the stake for heresy, despite his denials Date: 1372? - 1415

Jan Hus / Desrochers / Paris
JAN HUS Bohemiam religious leader burnt at the stake for heresy, despite his denials Date: 1372? - 1415

Policemen on a stake-out
Non-uniformed police officers and detectives on a stake-out sit in a large unmarked car, watching and waiting

Brown Bears at London Zoo, 1873
Engraving showing the brown bears of the Zoological Societys Gardens (London Zoo) climbing a stake in their pen to receive food on a stick, 1873

Raising the Circus Tent, c. 1886
Engraving showing the raising of the big top as a circus arrives in an English country town, c.1886. The two men in the foreground are shown driving a stake into the ground

A Land-rush in the United States. A Minute after the signal
Horses and wagons of all sorts take the participants in the land-rush to stake a claim for their plot. The land on which Arkansas City was to be built had belonged to the Cherokees until they were

Hus Taken to the Stake
Hus, the Czech religious leader is taken to be burned at the stake for heresy

Pilgrims Progress 13
Faithful is condemned as a heretic and burnt at the stake

Staking Plants, C15
A 16th century husbandman plants a stake for climbing plants - illustration to Richard Pynsons printing of The Kalender of Shepardes

Ivnahoe / Rebecca: Stake
Rebecca at the stake

1899 / New Joan of Arc
JOAN OF ARC Burned at the stake in Rouen on 30 May 1431

Carrying the Guy
Please to remember the fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason plot; I see no reason why Gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot. A stick and a stake for Victorias sake!

Burning Bacchus
In Norway, they re so respectable, they d burn Bacchus himself at the stake ! Date: 1919

Cards with Devil
A Norwegian countryman plays a game of cards with Mr Splitfoot, with his soul at stake; being a crafty peasant, he wins the game...and keeps his soul

Girolamo Savonarola arrested
The arrest of Girolamo Savonarola which led to his being burnt at the stake

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