Constance
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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Martyrs Mirror, by Thieleman J. van Braght

1326

A ritual desecration libel resulted in the killing of 27 Jews.

1339

Three Beghards, who had spent most of their lives introducing women to the Free Spirit heresy, were discovered here.

1349

June 1349
A procession of Flagellant Brethren arrived in Constance.

1415

6 July 1415
Jan Hus was burned at the stake, his ashes then thrown into the Rhine.


1529

4 February 1529
Ludwig Haetzer, Anabaptist minister and former associate of Hans Denck, was beheaded on the charge of adultery. His execution took place at the site where Jan Hus was burned to death a century earlier.

1533

The Jews were expelled from the city.


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