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Famous punishments and executions:

The women in this section are neither saints nor martyrs; some are innocent victims, some are guilty. For some reasons, their cases became famous.

We leave the judgment to the gentle(?) visitor.

Celtic mythology

  1. Princess Fionnuala (The children of Lir) (last change: 2021-10-23)

Greek mythology

  1. Princess Ariadne of Crete (last change: 2021-10-15)
  2. The Danaïds (last change: 2021-10-28)
  3. Dirce (last change:
    • §1 (Dirce's punishment): 2018-12-27,
    • §2 (Antiope): 2016-05-22)
  4. Queen Pasiphaë of Crete (last change:
    • old art: 2021-10-15,
    • modern art: 2021-10-15)

Biblical women

  1. Queen Jezebel of Israel (last change: 2019-05-04)
  2. antagonists of holy people (last change: 2019-11-03)
  3. The adulteress from St. John's Gospel (last change:
    • §1 (old): 2021-10-18,
    • §3 (modern): 2020-03-21)
    • adultery & immorality: 2019-07-11)

Persons from novels and poems

  1. Aphrodisia of Alexandria (last change: 2021-03-01)
  2. Astree the Magician (last change: 2015-01-15)
  3. Cersei Lannister (last change: 2019-02-02)
  4. Febilla of Rome (last change: 2019-11-26)
  5. Restituta Bolgar of Ischia (last change: 2020-10-14)
  6. Duchess Romilda of Friuli (last change: 2021-04-26)
  7. Ullania of Iceland and her maids (last change: 2021-10-17)
  8. Nastagio degli Onesti's ghost girl (last change: 2021-03-13)
  9. Sir Pinabel's rude companion (last change: 2015-10-04)

Historical persons

  1. Agnes Piédeleu (last change: 2021-10-21)
  2. Empress Agrippina (last change: 2020-12-06)
  3. Beatrice Cenci (last change: 2014-01-25)
  4. Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia (last change: 2021-10-17)
  5. The daughters of El Cid (last change: 2019-07-09)
  6. Francesca da Rimini (last change: 2020-10-12)
  7. Jane Shore (last change: 2016-08-21)
  8. Comtesse Jeanne de la Motte (last change: 2014-11-13)
  9. Marquise Marie-Madeleine de Brinvilliers (last change: 2015-06-13)
  10. Princess Marie-Thérèse de Lamballe (last change: 2014-10-01)
  11. Natalya Fyodorovna Lopukhina (last change: 2020-03-07)
  12. Philippa of Catania and her granddaughter Sancia de Cabanni (last change: 2021-04-26)
  13. other women put to shame in public (last change: 2021-10-22)