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  2. Buggery Act 1533 - Wikipedia

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    The Buggery Act 1533, formally An Acte for the punishment of the vice of Buggerie (25 Hen. 8. c. c. 6), was an Act of the Parliament of England that was passed during the reign of Henry VIII .

  3. Category:16th-century murders - Wikipedia

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  4. Venetian Holy Inquisition - Wikipedia

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    Capital punishment was rare: only eighteen cases out of the 1560 trials documented in the sixteenth century. [49] Despite the calls on the part of the clerical members of the inquisition for exemplary and public executions in Saint Mark's Square in order to educate the people and strengthen their bond with the Church, the Venetian government ...

  5. Picket (punishment) - Wikipedia

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    The punishment died out in the 18th century and was so unfamiliar by 1800 that when the then governor of Trinidad, Sir Thomas Picton, ordered Luisa Calderon, a woman of European and African ancestry to be so punished, he was accused by public opinion in England of inflicting a torture akin to impalement.

  6. 16th century - Wikipedia

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    The 16th century began with the Julian year 1501 (represented by the Roman numerals MDI) and ended with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 (MDC), depending on the reckoning used (the Gregorian calendar introduced a lapse of 10 days in October 1582).

  7. Tudor poor laws - Wikipedia

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    The Tudor poor laws were the laws regarding poor relief in the Kingdom of England around the time of the Tudor period (1485–1603). [1] The Tudor Poor Laws ended with the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law in 1601, two years before the end of the Tudor dynasty, a piece of legislation which codified the previous Tudor legislation.

  8. Witch trials in the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    The provinces began to phase out capital punishment for witchcraft beginning in 1593. The last trial in the Northern Netherlands took place in 1610. 164 to about 200 people were killed in Dutch witch trials, rising to potentially 300 victims including casualties from regions that were under Spanish jurisdiction but eventually became part of the ...

  9. Category:16th-century crimes - Wikipedia

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