Satan’s Ghastly Abacus: Thoughts on Two Burnings by Carl Theodor Dreyer

Close-up of Marte's Herlof unclothed and in tears.

|Sophie Durbin| Humans have burned each other at the stake for a long time. Records dating back to the Code of Hammurabi prescribe death by burning for criminals convicted of incest or heresy. The Celts may have roasted their human sacrifices… Continue reading