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unusual facts about burning at the stake



Drinking from the Bottle

The video opens with actor Brad Dourif, as the devil, speaking to his friend "Patrick" (dressed as a wizard), how he had sex with Joan of Arc in 1430, just a few months before her burning at the stake.

Head of the Family

To force Lance's hand, he puts Loretta in a mock play of Joan of Arc in the basement, complete with a burning at the stake.


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1324 in Ireland

3 November - Petronilla de Meath, first case in Ireland's history of burning at the stake for the crime of heresy.

Bulmer family

Both Bulmer and Lady Bulmer were convicted of High Treason and were executed on 25 May 1537, he by hanging at Tyburn and she by burning at the stake at Smithfield, London.

Irschenberg

The name was formerly rendered as "Irish mountain", referring to the monk Marinus, who settled in the area in the course of the Hiberno-Scottish mission under Pope Eugene I and, according to legend, about 697 was martyred by burning at the stake (see the coat of arms).