Vincent Ferrer
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Vincent Ferrer, OP was a Valencian Dominican friar who gained acclaim as a preacher, missionary and logician. After supporting Antipope Benedict XIII during the Western Schism, Ferrer travelled to pre
San Vicente Ferrer by Juan de Juanes
Inside the birthhouse of Vincent Ferrer, Valencia
Iglesia de San Esteban in Valencia, where Vincent Ferrer was baptized
Looting
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Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, natural disasters, or rioting. The proceeds of al
Vincent Ferrer
…Jewish communities. Because of the Spanish's methods of converting Jews at the time, the means which Vincent had at his disposal were either baptism or spoliation. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, he won them over by his preaching, converting an estimated 25,000 Jews. Sources are contradictory concerning…
Cartoon mocking the Napoleonic looting of art by French troops
The sacking and looting of Mechelen by Spanish troops led by the Duke of Alba, 2 October 1572
Representation of some Roman soldiers in front of the collected loot (gouache by Pehr Hörberg of 1791)
Vandalized and looted Aldi store during the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis, 28 May 2020