An egg's worth of education

[msmcknittington]

Sixteenth century friends: I'm trying to remember something about the persecutions of Protestants and Anglicans under Mary Tudor in the 1550s. I seem to recall an, uh, anecdote about a pregnant woman being burned for heresy who gave birth to a son in the flames, and the baby was then flung back onto the fire.

Ring any bells? Is that even the right time and place? It might have been a French witch burning, too. And the baby might have been rescued from the fire.

I bet ciorstan would know.

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[msmcknittington.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Foxe's Martyrs is absolutely harrowing to read, isn't it? Makes me very happy for the general attitude in the Western World that religious difference isn't enough reason to burn people at the stake. Or, at least, the intolerance of most of the world for such things.