This Day in History: 1600-02-17
1600: On his way to be burned at the stake for “heresy” at Campo de Fiori in Rome, the philosopher and cosmologist Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him from continuing to speak.
1600: On his way to be burned at the stake for “heresy” at Campo de Fiori in Rome, the philosopher and cosmologist Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him from continuing to speak.