A Huguenot, on St. Bartholomew's Day, Refusing to Shield Himself from Danger by Wearing the Roman..., 1852 #romanticism#johneverettmillais https://t.co/KTT2ZXwxod
This one seems to have been Jan Mydlář (1572–1664), a 17th-century executioner from Bohemia, who executed the leaders of the Bohemian Revolt on behalf of the house of Hapsburg. Every child's favorite historical character!
@bunchofnumberz@thomas_dudek Warum nicht. Man möchte meinen, in der Hauptstadt eines Landes könne man die Sprache einer anerkannten nationalen Minderheit lernen, zumal das Siedlungsgebiet nicht weit ist.