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Christian Schybi, a peasant leader in the Swiss peasant war of 1653, is tortured and interrogated at Sursee, where he was beheaded on July 9, 1653 (Gregorian calendar). This 19th century engraving depicts Schybi in an allegory on the crucified Christ.

Immediate image source: Holenstein, A.: Der Bauernkrieg von 1653. Ursachen, Verlauf und Folgen einer gescheiterten Revolution archive copy at the Wayback Machine; in Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde, no. 66, pp. 1 – 43; 2004.

Original source: engraving by Martin Disteli (1802 - 1844), lithography published in his "pictorial calendar" in 1839/40.

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