Women were also burned at the stake for religious reasons. Those who were accused of heresy or blasphemy, particularly during ...

John Calvin, the main Protestant Reformer ... Later Calvin had Michael Servetus himself burned at the stake for being a Unitarian. [5] In those days it was common practice on both sides to ...

Act of Six Articles Reaffirmed the Catholic faith. Protestants who denied the Catholic faith could be burned at the stake. The Laws of Henry VIII Act of Supremacy 1534 Outcomes This law made Henry ...

Cardinal Beaton had George Wishart executed and burnt at the stake in 1546 ... and effigies were burned and destroyed. By 1558, in some of the east coast burghs, Protestant congregations began ...