Feldman (2008), p.72 The practice of politically motivated fratricide lasted principally from 1451-1648, only to be used once again, in 1808. See Quataert (2005), p.92
Welch (2013), p.38 A curious parallel had happened in Nuremberg 70 years before, in 1513. A female thief had been condemned to be buried alive, but the woman became so hysterical that she scratched the skin off her arms. The executioner at that time, Deipold, managed to convince the city authorities, that thereafter female thieves should merely be drowned, rather than buried alive. The city authorities formally decreed this in conjunction with the next woman to be executed for theft, in 1515. Siebenkees (1792), p.599
