- Wikipedia: Execution by Burning
Hyperlinked article examining the historical tradition of burning as a legal method of capital punishment.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_by_burning
- Capital Punishment UK: Burning at the Stake
A history of executions by burning in Britain, from medieval times to its abolition in 1790.
www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/burning.html
- Auto Da Fe
Commentary condemning the Roman Catholic tradition of the Auto-Da-Fe, in which convicted heretics were burned to death.
www.jesusneverexisted.com/burning.html
- Burned at the Stake: A Black Man Pays for a Town's Outrage
An 1893 article about the burning at the stake of an African American man accused of molesting a white child, with commentary from History Matters.
historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5487
- 1901 Burned at Stake
Contemporary accounts of an African American man burned to death by a vigilante group in Corsicana, Texas, on March 13, 1901. From the 1901 Dallas Daily Times Herald.
www.rootsweb.com/~txnavarr/law_and_order/misc/1901_burned_at_stake.htm
- A History of Violence: Burning at the Stake
An overview of executions by burning in Europe through the 17th century.
home.comcast.net/~burokerl/burning_at_the_stake.htm
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