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Church and state

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  • Jules Grévy takes the pulse of Marshal Macmahon, who lies sick in bed with a priest and another man; they are choking from the fumes of their burning bed; Léon Gambetta emerges from behind the scenes carrying a clyster. Coloured wood engraving, 1879.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • William of Orange attacks Louis XIV and James II, who are riding on an ass; Father Petre, confessor to the queen of England, rides on a lobster with the infant Old Pretender; Cardinal Faustenburg falls off a tortoise. Mezzotint by P. Schenck, c. 1689.
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    Der streit des cardinals Nicolaus von Cusa mit dem herzoge Sigmund von Österreich als grafen von Tirol : Ein bruchstück aus den kämpfen der weltlichen und kirchlichen gewalt nach dem Concilium von Basel / Von dr. Albert Jäger.

    Jäger, Albert. | Date: 1861
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    King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.

    Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708. | Date: 1689 | Reference: 17522i
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    "Euthanasie" und Sterilisierung im "Dritten Reich" : die Konfrontation der evangelischen und katholischen Kirche mit dem Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses und der "Euthanasie"-Aktion / Kurt Nowak.

    Nowak, Kurt, 1942-2001. | Date: 1980
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    Les hôpitaux en droit canonique : (du décret de Gratien à la sécularisation de l'administration de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Paris en 1505) / par Jean Imbert.

    Imbert, Jean. | Date: 1947
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    William of Orange attacks Louis XIV and James II, who are riding on an ass; Father Petre, confessor to the queen of England, rides on a lobster with the infant Old Pretender; Cardinal Faustenburg falls off a tortoise. Mezzotint by P. Schenck, c. 1689.

    | Reference: 17583i
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