From the Reign of Charles IV.
On June 19 the prisoners were informed of their fate, and on the following day their wives and children, as well as three Lutheran clergymen, were admitted to visit them. It is on the narrative of these clergymen that the great historian Skála has ,_dungeon_in_the_town_hall.jpg)
THE DUNGEON IN THE TOWN HALL based his account of the last movements of the prisoners and their execution.[1] The day fixed for the executions was June 21, and on the previous day all prisoners who were not already confined in the dungeons of the
- ↑ I have translated a small portion of this account in my History of Bohemian Literature, pp. 342–344. The account above is also abridged from Skála.
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