Book Burning in Einsiedeln in 1560

On September 14 1560, Hans Hablützel, a bookseller from Aarau, brought Protestant books to Einsiedeln. As a punishment, he was forced to burn his books in public.

Coloured pen drawing (left side), ca. 1560, unknown artist, in: Johann Jakob Wick: Sammlung von Nachrichten zur Zeitgeschichte aus den Jahren 1560–87 (mit älteren Stücken), manuscript from 1560 or 1561; source: : © With kind permission of Zentralbibliothek Zürich, URL: http://www.zb.uzh.ch/.